CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0002
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31207) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31207
International designator
1999-025BKM
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 7 months6,818 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.
Came down with FENGYUN 1C DEB
2 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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