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
2025-1888FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31263 · 1999-025BMV · FragmentChina—22 Dec 2025—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32355 · 1999-025CYY · FragmentChina—2 Jan 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30532 · 1999-025AJW · FragmentChina—12 Jan 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31612 · 1999-025BZS · FragmentChina—13 Jan 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29808 · 1999-025DA · FragmentChina—14 Jan 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31063 · 1999-025BFH · FragmentChina—18 Jan 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31258 · 1999-025BMQ · FragmentChina—6 Feb 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31358 · 1999-025BRN · FragmentChina—8 Feb 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31330 · 1999-025BQJ · FragmentChina—10 Feb 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32172 · 1999-025CTS · FragmentChina—19 Feb 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36186 · 1999-025DTK · FragmentChina—3 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30490 · 1999-025AHC · FragmentChina—7 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32363 · 1999-025CZG · FragmentChina—10 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29878 · 1999-025FY · FragmentChina—13 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31326 · 1999-025BQE · FragmentChina—15 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30898 · 1999-025AYL · FragmentChina—20 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31850 · 1999-025CJQ · FragmentChina—21 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35130 · 1999-025DLJ · FragmentChina—21 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30612 · 1999-025AMT · FragmentChina—22 Mar 2026—Re-enteredPendingFENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32184 · 1999-025CUE · FragmentChina—7 Apr 2026—Re-entered
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