CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0050
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30729) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30729
International designator
1999-025ASP
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 8 months4,651 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 Feb 2012
1 entryPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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