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
2023-1256FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32118 · 1999-025CRL · FragmentChina—19 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1260FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32103 · 1999-025CQV · FragmentChina—21 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1274FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31446 · 1999-025BUJ · FragmentChina—25 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1278FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37480 · 1999-025EKA · FragmentChina—26 Jun 2023—Re-entered2023-1320FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37024 · 1999-025EDG · FragmentChina—7 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1321FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37697 · 1999-025ELN · FragmentChina—7 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1349FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35219 · 1999-025DQB · FragmentChina—14 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1362FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36693 · 1999-025DZP · FragmentChina—18 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1395FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30025 · 1999-025NA · FragmentChina—25 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1413FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30901 · 1999-025AYP · FragmentChina—28 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1414FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31242 · 1999-025BLY · FragmentChina—28 Jul 2023—Re-entered2023-1469FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31380 · 1999-025BSL · FragmentChina—10 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1477FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36237 · 1999-025DVN · FragmentChina—12 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1479FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31015 · 1999-025BDH · FragmentChina—14 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1486FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37696 · 1999-025ELM · FragmentChina—15 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1492FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32444 · 1999-025DBG · FragmentChina—18 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1521FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29925 · 1999-025HX · FragmentChina—26 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1522FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37402 · 1999-025EFU · FragmentChina—26 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1523FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37904 · 1999-025END · FragmentChina—26 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1524FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 39539 · 1999-025EWG · FragmentChina—26 Aug 2023—Re-entered
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