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
2010-0064FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29722 · 1999-025L · FragmentChina—12 Mar 2010—Re-entered2010-0074FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29730 · 1999-025U · FragmentChina—19 Mar 2010—Re-entered2010-0083FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29731 · 1999-025V · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2010—Re-entered2010-0093FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29882 · 1999-025GC · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2010—Re-entered2010-0102FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30255 · 1999-025XQ · FragmentChina—13 Apr 2010—Re-entered2010-0113FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30685 · 1999-025AQT · FragmentChina—4 May 2010—Re-entered2010-0116FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30584 · 1999-025ALW · FragmentChina—6 May 2010—Re-entered2010-0126FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36249 · 1999-025DWA · FragmentChina—24 May 2010—Re-entered2010-0144FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31251 · 1999-025BMH · FragmentChina—25 Jun 2010—Re-entered2010-0157FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29743 · 1999-025AH · FragmentChina—9 Jul 2010—Re-entered2010-0193FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29747 · 1999-025AM · FragmentChina—31 Jul 2010—Re-entered2010-0198FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29829 · 1999-025DX · FragmentChina—4 Aug 2010—Re-entered2010-0204FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29729 · 1999-025T · FragmentChina—8 Aug 2010—Re-entered2010-0234FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35124 · 1999-025DLC · FragmentChina—26 Aug 2010—Re-entered2010-0247FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31925 · 1999-025CMC · FragmentChina—4 Sep 2010—Re-entered2010-0296FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30461 · 1999-025AFY · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2010—Re-entered2010-0297FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31145 · 1999-025BGX · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2010—Re-entered2010-0302FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29723 · 1999-025M · FragmentChina—11 Oct 2010—Re-entered2010-0308FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30864 · 1999-025AXA · FragmentChina—14 Oct 2010—Re-entered2010-0312FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30211 · 1999-025VU · FragmentChina—18 Oct 2010—Re-entered
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