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
2024-1194FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37597 · 1999-025EKR · FragmentChina—15 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1227FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31751 · 1999-025CFA · FragmentChina—18 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31347 · 1999-025BRB · FragmentChina—19 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1250FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32158 · 1999-025CTC · FragmentChina—21 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1277FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31653 · 1999-025CBK · FragmentChina—24 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1282FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30952 · 1999-025BAS · FragmentChina—25 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1306FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31548 · 1999-025BYP · FragmentChina—28 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1307FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32148 · 1999-025CSS · FragmentChina—28 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1335FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31771 · 1999-025CFW · FragmentChina—31 Aug 2024—Re-entered2024-1357FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30024 · 1999-025MZ · FragmentChina—2 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1358FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31488 · 1999-025BWC · FragmentChina—2 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1388FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30333 · 1999-025AAU · FragmentChina—7 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1398FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31530 · 1999-025BXV · FragmentChina—8 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1404FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32202 · 1999-025CUY · FragmentChina—9 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1405FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35097 · 1999-025DJZ · FragmentChina—9 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1415FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32235 · 1999-025CWH · FragmentChina—10 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1428FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37929 · 1999-025EPE · FragmentChina—12 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1433FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31238 · 1999-025BLU · FragmentChina—13 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1443FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31337 · 1999-025BQR · FragmentChina—14 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1444FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35093 · 1999-025DJV · FragmentChina—14 Sep 2024—Re-entered
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