CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0075
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31556) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 2015.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31556
International designator
1999-025BYX
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 8 months5,754 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 96.6°
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 96.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°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 Feb 2015
2 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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