CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1961
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31521) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31521
International designator
1999-025BXL
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2022UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Sep 2024
Time since launch
23 years, 4 months8,546 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 2022
5 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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