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
2025-0696FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36228 · 1999-025DVD · FragmentChina—2 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0706FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30981 · 1999-025BBX · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0708FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31973 · 1999-025CPA · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0709FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35205 · 1999-025DPM · FragmentChina—4 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0735FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31551 · 1999-025BYS · FragmentChina—7 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0742FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29991 · 1999-025LR · FragmentChina—8 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0759FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 38503 · 1999-025ESN · FragmentChina—10 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0775FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31626 · 1999-025CAG · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0776FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33668 · 1999-025DFD · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0800FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30039 · 1999-025NQ · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0801FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31802 · 1999-025CGQ · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0826FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30194 · 1999-025VB · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0827FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31270 · 1999-025BNC · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0828FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31920 · 1999-025CLX · FragmentChina—19 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0851FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31273 · 1999-025BNF · FragmentChina—22 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0870FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31659 · 1999-025CBR · FragmentChina—25 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0892FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29903 · 1999-025GZ · FragmentChina—28 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0893FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30951 · 1999-025BAR · FragmentChina—28 Apr 2025—Re-entered2025-0922FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30924 · 1999-025AZN · FragmentChina—6 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1000FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31750 · 1999-025CEZ · FragmentChina—12 May 2025—Re-entered
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