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
2011-0101FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36235 · 1999-025DVL · FragmentChina—8 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0103FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33067 · 1999-025DCE · FragmentChina—11 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0106FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30460 · 1999-025AFX · FragmentChina—12 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0110FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31301 · 1999-025BPK · FragmentChina—15 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0117FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30834 · 1999-025AVU · FragmentChina—21 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0122FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30011 · 1999-025ML · FragmentChina—26 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0123FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30682 · 1999-025AQQ · FragmentChina—26 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0131FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29822 · 1999-025DQ · FragmentChina—30 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0132FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30126 · 1999-025SF · FragmentChina—30 Apr 2011—Re-entered2011-0136FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30544 · 1999-025AKJ · FragmentChina—3 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0141FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30459 · 1999-025AFW · FragmentChina—10 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0143FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35246 · 1999-025DRE · FragmentChina—10 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0145FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30743 · 1999-025ATD · FragmentChina—12 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0151FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29799 · 1999-025CR · FragmentChina—15 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0154FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35197 · 1999-025DPD · FragmentChina—16 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0158FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29778 · 1999-025BU · FragmentChina—19 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0163FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37010 · 1999-025ECS · FragmentChina—25 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0167FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36178 · 1999-025DTB · FragmentChina—26 May 2011—Re-entered2011-0174FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31638 · 1999-025CAU · FragmentChina—2 Jun 2011—Re-entered2011-0185FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29902 · 1999-025GY · FragmentChina—14 Jun 2011—Re-entered
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