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
2025-0431FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30164 · 1999-025TV · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0432FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30522 · 1999-025AJL · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0434FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35190 · 1999-025DNW · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0435FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38132 · 1999-025EQD · FragmentChina—25 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0467FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35183 · 1999-025DNP · FragmentChina—28 Feb 2025—Re-entered2025-0523FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31971 · 1999-025CNY · FragmentChina—8 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0538FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37592 · 1999-025EKL · FragmentChina—10 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0544FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30576 · 1999-025ALS · FragmentChina—11 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0545FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31765 · 1999-025CFQ · FragmentChina—11 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0560FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33734 · 1999-025DHX · FragmentChina—13 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0576FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35110 · 1999-025DKN · FragmentChina—15 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0609FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31679 · 1999-025CCM · FragmentChina—21 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0617FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37416 · 1999-025EGJ · FragmentChina—23 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0621FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35095 · 1999-025DJX · FragmentChina—24 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0628FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29811 · 1999-025DD · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0629FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31166 · 1999-025BHU · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0632FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36257 · 1999-025DWJ · FragmentChina—25 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0657FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31683 · 1999-025CCR · FragmentChina—28 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0662FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31848 · 1999-025CJN · FragmentChina—29 Mar 2025—Re-entered2025-0685FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36713 · 1999-025EAK · FragmentChina—1 Apr 2025—Re-entered
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