CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0021
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31230) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 February 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31230
International designator
1999-025BLL
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Feb 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 9 months3,202 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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