CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0258
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30223) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30223
International designator
1999-025WG
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 5 months3,825 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 2009
3 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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