CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0242
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 32196) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
32196
International designator
1999-025CUS
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 1 month4,809 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
76.9°N to 76.9°SFinal inclination 103.1°
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 103.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 76.9°N and 76.9°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jul 2012
1 entryPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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