CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0055
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30051) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 February 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30051
International designator
1999-025PC
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Feb 2009UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Feb 2009
Time since launch
9 years, 9 months3,579 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.8°N to 80.8°SFinal inclination 99.2°
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 99.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.8°N and 80.8°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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