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
2010-0316FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33653 · 1999-025DEN · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2010—Re-entered2010-0332FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31822 · 1999-025CHL · FragmentChina—3 Nov 2010—Re-entered2010-0340FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35218 · 1999-025DQA · FragmentChina—13 Nov 2010—Re-entered2010-0358FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30754 · 1999-025ATQ · FragmentChina—29 Nov 2010—Re-entered2010-0366FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29725 · 1999-025P · FragmentChina—11 Dec 2010—Re-entered2010-0380FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31747 · 1999-025CEW · FragmentChina—28 Dec 2010—Re-entered2011-0003FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29768 · 1999-025BJ · FragmentChina—4 Jan 2011—Re-entered2011-0004FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31697 · 1999-025CDF · FragmentChina—4 Jan 2011—Re-entered2011-0010FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30812 · 1999-025AUW · FragmentChina—11 Jan 2011—Re-entered2011-0017FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30258 · 1999-025XT · FragmentChina—15 Jan 2011—Re-entered2011-0029FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29831 · 1999-025DZ · FragmentChina—5 Feb 2011—Re-entered2011-0035FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31221 · 1999-025BLB · FragmentChina—10 Feb 2011—Re-entered2011-0036FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30296 · 1999-025ZH · FragmentChina—13 Feb 2011—Re-entered2011-0037FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30518 · 1999-025AJG · FragmentChina—13 Feb 2011—Re-entered2011-0038FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30605 · 1999-025AML · FragmentChina—14 Feb 2011—Re-entered2011-0053FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31469 · 1999-025BVH · FragmentChina—2 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0056FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30711 · 1999-025ARV · FragmentChina—4 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0063FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30433 · 1999-025AEU · FragmentChina—8 Mar 2011—Re-entered2011-0093FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30165 · 1999-025TW · FragmentChina—3 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0097FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29797 · 1999-025CP · FragmentChina—5 Apr 2011—Re-entered
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