CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0238
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31216) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31216
International designator
1999-025BKW
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 11 months3,280 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.0°N to 80.0°SFinal inclination 100.0°
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 100.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.0°N and 80.0°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 May 2008
1 entryPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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