CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0129
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31278
International designator
1999-025BNL
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 2012UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Apr 2012
Time since launch
12 years, 10 months4,717 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.7°N to 83.7°SFinal inclination 96.3°
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 96.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.7°N and 83.7°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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