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
2023-1034FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31457 · 1999-025BUV · FragmentChina—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1038FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37005 · 1999-025ECM · FragmentChina—11 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1055FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47099 · 1999-025FBX · FragmentChina—14 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1062FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30094 · 1999-025QX · FragmentChina—16 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1063FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30722 · 1999-025ASG · FragmentChina—16 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1064FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31289 · 1999-025BNX · FragmentChina—16 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1089FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30262 · 1999-025XX · FragmentChina—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1090FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30484 · 1999-025AGW · FragmentChina—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1091FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30800 · 1999-025AUJ · FragmentChina—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1094FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38788 · 1999-025EUC · FragmentChina—23 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1125FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32232 · 1999-025CWE · FragmentChina—29 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1128FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31842 · 1999-025CJG · FragmentChina—31 May 2023—Re-entered2023-1153FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33700 · 1999-025DGM · FragmentChina—3 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1189FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31855 · 1999-025CJV · FragmentChina—7 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1200FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33677 · 1999-025DFN · FragmentChina—10 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1211FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29783 · 1999-025BZ · FragmentChina—13 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1212FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30031 · 1999-025NG · FragmentChina—13 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1220FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30844 · 1999-025AWE · FragmentChina—14 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1238FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30966 · 1999-025BBG · FragmentChina—16 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1248FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35237 · 1999-025DQV · FragmentChina—17 Jun 2023—Re-entered
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