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
2024-2161FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30851 · 1999-025AWM · FragmentChina—24 Dec 2024—Re-entered2025-0022FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37007 · 1999-025ECP · FragmentChina—3 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0099FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31220 · 1999-025BLA · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0100FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31366 · 1999-025BRW · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0108FENGYUN 1C DEB *NORAD 47021 · 1999-025FAX · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0147FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29756 · 1999-025AW · FragmentChina—16 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0150FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35225 · 1999-025DQH · FragmentChina—16 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0166FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31414 · 1999-025BTA · FragmentChina—19 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0193FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37465 · 1999-025EJK · FragmentChina—24 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0200FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36266 · 1999-025DWT · FragmentChina—25 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0209FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31520 · 1999-025BXK · FragmentChina—26 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0217FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30319 · 1999-025AAG · FragmentChina—28 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0230FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30147 · 1999-025TC · FragmentChina—29 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0245FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38793 · 1999-025EUH · FragmentChina—31 Jan 2025—Re-entered2025-0337FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37590 · 1999-025EKJ · FragmentChina—12 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0360FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36697 · 1999-025DZT · FragmentChina—14 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0374FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35117 · 1999-025DKV · FragmentChina—17 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0384FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38162 · 1999-025ERK · FragmentChina—20 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0387FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29886 · 1999-025GG · FragmentChina—21 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0424FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37692 · 1999-025ELH · FragmentChina—24 Feb 2025—Re-entered
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