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
2025-1031FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 41010 · 1999-025EXQ · FragmentChina—15 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1041FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30190 · 1999-025UX · FragmentChina—17 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1068FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31839 · 1999-025CJD · FragmentChina—22 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1086FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30655 · 1999-025APM · FragmentChina—27 May 2025—Re-entered2025-1216FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 46994 · 1999-025EZU · FragmentChina—28 Jun 2025—Re-entered2025-1226FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30972 · 1999-025BBN · FragmentChina—1 Jul 2025—Re-entered2025-1278FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31505 · 1999-025BWU · FragmentChina—18 Jul 2025—Re-entered2025-1286FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31617 · 1999-025BZX · FragmentChina—20 Jul 2025—Re-entered2025-1305FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30958 · 1999-025BAY · FragmentChina—28 Jul 2025—Re-entered2025-1344FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31214 · 1999-025BKU · FragmentChina—8 Aug 2025—Re-entered2025-1358FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31963 · 1999-025CNQ · FragmentChina—11 Aug 2025—Re-entered2025-1387FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30485 · 1999-025AGX · FragmentChina—17 Aug 2025—Re-entered2025-1391FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31983 · 1999-025CPL · FragmentChina—20 Aug 2025—Re-entered2025-1426FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30745 · 1999-025ATF · FragmentChina—1 Sep 2025—Re-entered2025-1427FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37038 · 1999-025EDW · FragmentChina—1 Sep 2025—Re-entered2025-1480FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31203 · 1999-025BKH · FragmentChina—13 Sep 2025—Re-entered2025-1510FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30135 · 1999-025SQ · FragmentChina—22 Sep 2025—Re-entered2025-1546FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30976 · 1999-025BBS · FragmentChina—30 Sep 2025—Re-entered2025-1550FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30519 · 1999-025AJH · FragmentChina—1 Oct 2025—Re-entered2025-1555FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30738 · 1999-025ASY · FragmentChina—2 Oct 2025—Re-entered
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