CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0059
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31539) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 February 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31539
International designator
1999-025BYE
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Feb 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 9 months7,959 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Feb 2021
2 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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