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
2023-1756FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36138 · 1999-025DRK · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1776FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32238 · 1999-025CWL · FragmentChina—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1782FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37705 · 1999-025ELW · FragmentChina—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1786FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47023 · 1999-025FAZ · FragmentChina—27 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1800FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30512 · 1999-025AJA · FragmentChina—31 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1802FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35094 · 1999-025DJW · FragmentChina—31 Oct 2023—Re-entered2023-1822FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31042 · 1999-025BEL · FragmentChina—2 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1846FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31013 · 1999-025BDF · FragmentChina—7 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1856FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30373 · 1999-025ACL · FragmentChina—9 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1888FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30974 · 1999-025BBQ · FragmentChina—17 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1896FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37442 · 1999-025EHL · FragmentChina—20 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1901FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32371 · 1999-025CZQ · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1903FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30230 · 1999-025WP · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1904FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31652 · 1999-025CBJ · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1907FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35145 · 1999-025DLZ · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1911FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 41015 · 1999-025EXV · FragmentChina—25 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1926FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31249 · 1999-025BMF · FragmentChina—27 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1928FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32448 · 1999-025DBL · FragmentChina—27 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1936FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30111 · 1999-025RQ · FragmentChina—29 Nov 2023—Re-entered2023-1984FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30499 · 1999-025AHM · FragmentChina—8 Dec 2023—Re-entered
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