CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0569
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31460) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 2014.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31460
International designator
1999-025BUY
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 2014UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 5 months5,660 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 allowedExact 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 7 Nov 2014
1 entryPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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