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
2024-1725FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30508 · 1999-025AHW · FragmentChina—30 Oct 2024—Re-entered2024-1751FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31227 · 1999-025BLH · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1752FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37473 · 1999-025EJT · FragmentChina—1 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1771FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30030 · 1999-025NF · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1772FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32325 · 1999-025CXS · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1773FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35118 · 1999-025DKW · FragmentChina—5 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1801FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30343 · 1999-025ABE · FragmentChina—6 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1844FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31267 · 1999-025BMZ · FragmentChina—12 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1848FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30593 · 1999-025ALY · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1849FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31291 · 1999-025BNZ · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1883FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31947 · 1999-025CMY · FragmentChina—16 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1885FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37014 · 1999-025ECW · FragmentChina—16 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1912FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30752 · 1999-025ATN · FragmentChina—19 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1913FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37455 · 1999-025EHZ · FragmentChina—19 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1921FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31292 · 1999-025BPA · FragmentChina—20 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1922FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32227 · 1999-025CVZ · FragmentChina—20 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1936FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37030 · 1999-025EDN · FragmentChina—23 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1948FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33714 · 1999-025DHB · FragmentChina—26 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1951FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37471 · 1999-025EJR · FragmentChina—26 Nov 2024—Re-entered2024-1964FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32443 · 1999-025DBF · FragmentChina—27 Nov 2024—Re-entered
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