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
2024-0870FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30032 · 1999-025NH · FragmentChina—16 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0877FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37449 · 1999-025EHT · FragmentChina—17 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0878FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38150 · 1999-025EQX · FragmentChina—17 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0884FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29941 · 1999-025JP · FragmentChina—18 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0939FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37452 · 1999-025EHW · FragmentChina—28 Jun 2024—Re-entered2024-0977FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29746 · 1999-025AL · FragmentChina—6 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-0986FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31434 · 1999-025BTW · FragmentChina—8 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-0988FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31077 · 1999-025BFX · FragmentChina—9 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1027FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38508 · 1999-025EST · FragmentChina—19 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1048FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38814 · 1999-025EVE · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1049FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 40694 · 1999-025EXA · FragmentChina—23 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1056FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30554 · 1999-025AKU · FragmentChina—24 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1057FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31953 · 1999-025CNE · FragmentChina—24 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1076FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32188 · 1999-025CUJ · FragmentChina—27 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1092FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32433 · 1999-025DAV · FragmentChina—29 Jul 2024—Re-entered2024-1103FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36732 · 1999-025EBE · FragmentChina—2 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1104FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37466 · 1999-025EJL · FragmentChina—2 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1117FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38720 · 1999-025ETM · FragmentChina—4 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1168FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38517 · 1999-025ETC · FragmentChina—12 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1173FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35146 · 1999-025DMA · FragmentChina—13 Aug 2024—Re-entered
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