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
2011-0285FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30159 · 1999-025TQ · FragmentChina—1 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0292FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29823 · 1999-025DR · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0293FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30644 · 1999-025APB · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0294FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30855 · 1999-025AWR · FragmentChina—3 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0296FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31824 · 1999-025CHN · FragmentChina—4 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0308FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30990 · 1999-025BCG · FragmentChina—10 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0312FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 32436 · 1999-025DAY · FragmentChina—11 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0314FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35232 · 1999-025DQQ · FragmentChina—12 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0317FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 37037 · 1999-025EDV · FragmentChina—14 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0322FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31528 · 1999-025BXT · FragmentChina—18 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0323FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35101 · 1999-025DKD · FragmentChina—18 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0325FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 35193 · 1999-025DNZ · FragmentChina—19 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0326FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31951 · 1999-025CNC · FragmentChina—20 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0329FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 29862 · 1999-025FG · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0330FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30383 · 1999-025ACW · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0332FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 36646 · 1999-025DXQ · FragmentChina—21 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0336FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30367 · 1999-025ACE · FragmentChina—23 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0339FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 31669 · 1999-025CCB · FragmentChina—24 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0352FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 30747 · 1999-025ATH · FragmentChina—28 Oct 2011—Re-entered2011-0353FENGYUN 1C DEBNORAD 33611 · 1999-025DCU · FragmentChina—28 Oct 2011—Re-entered
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