CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0078
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30158) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30158
International designator
1999-025TP
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 11 months6,916 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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