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
2024-0497FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31265 · 1999-025BMX · FragmentChina—16 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0498FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29803 · 1999-025CV · FragmentChina—17 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0499FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32166 · 1999-025CTL · FragmentChina—17 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0510FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31733 · 1999-025CEG · FragmentChina—18 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0526FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38497 · 1999-025ESG · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0529FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 40682 · 1999-025EWN · FragmentChina—22 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0534FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30216 · 1999-025VZ · FragmentChina—23 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0535FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31290 · 1999-025BNY · FragmentChina—23 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0536FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31450 · 1999-025BUN · FragmentChina—23 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0562FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33624 · 1999-025DDH · FragmentChina—27 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0573FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36159 · 1999-025DSG · FragmentChina—28 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0579FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30451 · 1999-025AFN · FragmentChina—29 Apr 2024—Re-entered2024-0614FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30372 · 1999-025ACK · FragmentChina—2 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0636FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33707 · 1999-025DGU · FragmentChina—7 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0638FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38828 · 1999-025EVU · FragmentChina—7 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0639FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37405 · 1999-025EFX · FragmentChina—8 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0641FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30877 · 1999-025AXP · FragmentChina—9 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0642FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31722 · 1999-025CDV · FragmentChina—9 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0670FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36997 · 1999-025ECD · FragmentChina—12 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0673FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33666 · 1999-025DFB · FragmentChina—13 May 2024—Re-entered
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