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
2024-1446FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38142 · 1999-025EQP · FragmentChina—14 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1460FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30491 · 1999-025AHD · FragmentChina—16 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1471FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33735 · 1999-025DHY · FragmentChina—18 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1472FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36140 · 1999-025DRM · FragmentChina—18 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1484FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31545 · 1999-025BYL · FragmentChina—19 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1496FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30233 · 1999-025WS · FragmentChina—21 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1509FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31532 · 1999-025BXX · FragmentChina—23 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1515FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37463 · 1999-025EJH · FragmentChina—24 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1519FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31478 · 1999-025BVS · FragmentChina—25 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1520FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32142 · 1999-025CSL · FragmentChina—25 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1539FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31174 · 1999-025BJC · FragmentChina—28 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1540FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32190 · 1999-025CUL · FragmentChina—28 Sep 2024—Re-entered2024-1556FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30227 · 1999-025WL · FragmentChina—1 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1587FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36702 · 1999-025DZY · FragmentChina—5 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1605FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31066 · 1999-025BFL · FragmentChina—8 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1650FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36742 · 1999-025EBQ · FragmentChina—12 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1672FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 48517 · 1999-025FCF · FragmentChina—16 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1673FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32228 · 1999-025CWA · FragmentChina—17 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1678FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37059 · 1999-025EET · FragmentChina—18 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1713FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47024 · 1999-025FBA · FragmentChina—25 Oct 2024—Re-entered
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