Break-up record
Fengyun-1C
Fengyun-1C was a Chinese weather satellite launched in 1999. On 11 January 2007 it was destroyed by a Chinese anti-satellite missile test, creating one of the largest debris clouds on record. 1,218 of its fragments are now entered in the Orbital Register.
1,218
Fragments on record
11 Jan 2007
Break-up
12 Nov 2016
Half down by
2 Sep 2026
Latest to come down
2,003
Still in orbit
Fragments coming down, month by month
Bars: per month · line: share of the cloud downFragments re-entered that monthShare of all 1,218 on record
The fragments
Every fragment on record
Each fragment has its own register entry and permanent number. Fragment pages are kept out of search results; this page carries them.
Entry no.ObjectCountryLaunchedEnded (UTC)In orbitHow it ended
2023-0758FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31682 · 1999-025CCQ · FragmentChina—7 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0803FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35114 · 1999-025DKS · FragmentChina—11 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0804FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30026 · 1999-025NB · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0836FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29825 · 1999-025DT · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0889FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33727 · 1999-025DHQ · FragmentChina—21 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0898FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33680 · 1999-025DFR · FragmentChina—22 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0900FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31690 · 1999-025CCY · FragmentChina—24 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0906FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33622 · 1999-025DDF · FragmentChina—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0908FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37901 · 1999-025ENA · FragmentChina—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0909FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37913 · 1999-025ENN · FragmentChina—25 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0934FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31968 · 1999-025CNV · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0936FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32344 · 1999-025CYM · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0939FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35214 · 1999-025DPW · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0946FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38714 · 1999-025ETF · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0949FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 47030 · 1999-025FBG · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2023—Re-entered2023-0985FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31982 · 1999-025CPK · FragmentChina—4 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1007FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30149 · 1999-025TE · FragmentChina—6 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1010FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31809 · 1999-025CGX · FragmentChina—7 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1032FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30664 · 1999-025APW · FragmentChina—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1033FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31317 · 1999-025BPV · FragmentChina—11 May 2023—Re-entered
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