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Entry no.
2012-0147

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31315) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31315
International designator
1999-025BPT
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
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°

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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°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 DEB2012-0146FENGYUN 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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