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Entry no.
2012-0146

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30953) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30953
International designator
1999-025BAT
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 11 months4,730 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.6°N to 78.6°SFinal inclination 101.4°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 101.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.6°N and 78.6°S.

Life in orbit

FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Apr 2012

4 entries
2012-0144PSLV DEB2012-0145FENGYUN 1C DEB2012-0147FENGYUN 1C DEB2012-0148COSMOS 1109 DEB

Part of a break-up

1,218 on record
1,218One of 1,218 fragments of Fengyun-1C on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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