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SC-19 and DN series
Orbit planes of the Fengyun-1C debris one month after the 2007 SC-19 test (white: the ISS) · Photo: NASA Orbital Debris Program Office · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ASAT & counterspace

SC-19 and DN series

Chinese DA-ASAT missiles
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Ground-launched missiles against satellites, up to high orbits

The SC-19 destroyed the weather satellite Fengyun-1C in 2007 — the largest debris event ever. Later tests (DN-2, DN-3) were presented as missile defence, but according to Western analysts reach MEO and possibly GEO.

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Key data

Country
China
SC-19
11 Jan. 2007: Fengyun-1C at ± 865 km; more than 3,000 tracked fragments
DN-2 / DN-3
Tests since 2013, officially missile defence; reach beyond LEO (Western estimate, uncertain)

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