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
2024-0685FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31167 · 1999-025BHV · FragmentChina—15 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0703FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37009 · 1999-025ECR · FragmentChina—17 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0704FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37413 · 1999-025EGF · FragmentChina—17 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0707FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30375 · 1999-025ACN · FragmentChina—18 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0708FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31086 · 1999-025BGG · FragmentChina—18 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0716FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29983 · 1999-025LH · FragmentChina—20 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0729FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35227 · 1999-025DQK · FragmentChina—21 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0730FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37434 · 1999-025EHC · FragmentChina—21 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0753FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37034 · 1999-025EDS · FragmentChina—24 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0774FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31213 · 1999-025BKT · FragmentChina—29 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0784FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31154 · 1999-025BHG · FragmentChina—31 May 2024—Re-entered2024-0788FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31616 · 1999-025BZW · FragmentChina—1 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0795FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30659 · 1999-025APR · FragmentChina—3 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0796FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31828 · 1999-025CHS · FragmentChina—3 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0797FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33632 · 1999-025DDR · FragmentChina—3 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0800FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31784 · 1999-025CGK · FragmentChina—4 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0819FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37456 · 1999-025EJA · FragmentChina—7 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0830FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35187 · 1999-025DNT · FragmentChina—9 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0863FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33706 · 1999-025DGT · FragmentChina—15 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0865FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36243 · 1999-025DVU · FragmentChina—15 Jun 2024—Re-entered
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