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
2023-1545FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31650 · 1999-025CBG · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1546FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31852 · 1999-025CJS · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2023—Re-entered2023-1552FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30642 · 1999-025ANZ · FragmentChina—6 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1555FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35119 · 1999-025DKX · FragmentChina—6 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1556FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36150 · 1999-025DRX · FragmentChina—6 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1566FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32351 · 1999-025CYU · FragmentChina—8 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1569FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37408 · 1999-025EGA · FragmentChina—8 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1581FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31640 · 1999-025CAW · FragmentChina—12 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1607FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36727 · 1999-025EAZ · FragmentChina—19 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1618FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30563 · 1999-025ALD · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1632FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31668 · 1999-025CCA · FragmentChina—25 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1652FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36730 · 1999-025EBC · FragmentChina—29 Sep 2023—Re-entered2023-1663FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31636 · 1999-025CAS · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1682FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38792 · 1999-025EUG · FragmentChina—5 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1688FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33686 · 1999-025DFX · FragmentChina—6 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1698FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29840 · 1999-025EJ · FragmentChina—11 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1719FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35185 · 1999-025DNR · FragmentChina—13 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1721FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36738 · 1999-025EBL · FragmentChina—13 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1734FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30733 · 1999-025AST · FragmentChina—17 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1735FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35213 · 1999-025DPV · FragmentChina—17 Oct 2023—Re-entered
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