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
2011-0201FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31961 · 1999-025CNN · FragmentChina—2 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0205FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30422 · 1999-025AEM · FragmentChina—8 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0211FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30046 · 1999-025NX · FragmentChina—21 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0215FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30260 · 1999-025XV · FragmentChina—22 Jul 2011—Re-entered2011-0227FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30929 · 1999-025AZT · FragmentChina—6 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0228FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31096 · 1999-025BGS · FragmentChina—8 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0230FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36690 · 1999-025DZL · FragmentChina—8 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0234FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37075 · 1999-025EFK · FragmentChina—12 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0235FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30807 · 1999-025AUR · FragmentChina—15 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0236FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32144 · 1999-025CSN · FragmentChina—16 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0238FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37720 · 1999-025EMM · FragmentChina—16 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0244FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30638 · 1999-025ANV · FragmentChina—24 Aug 2011—Re-entered2011-0251FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30537 · 1999-025AKB · FragmentChina—3 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0253FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29883 · 1999-025GD · FragmentChina—5 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0261FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30187 · 1999-025UU · FragmentChina—16 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0262FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32131 · 1999-025CRZ · FragmentChina—16 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0268FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30014 · 1999-025MP · FragmentChina—20 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0274FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36187 · 1999-025DTL · FragmentChina—23 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0276FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29879 · 1999-025FZ · FragmentChina—24 Sep 2011—Re-entered2011-0277FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30215 · 1999-025VY · FragmentChina—24 Sep 2011—Re-entered
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