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Entry no.
2021-0467

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 37896) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37896
International designator
1999-025EMV
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 7 months8,255 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.

Life in orbit

FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 15 Dec 2021

6 entries
2021-0471CYGNUS NG-162021-0468DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2021-0469COSMOS 2251 DEB2021-0470DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2021-0472COSMOS 1408 DEB2021-0473COSMOS 1408 DEB

Part of a break-up

1,218 on record
1,218One of 1,218 fragments of Fengyun-1C on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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