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Entry no.
2023-0585

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31481) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31481
International designator
1999-025BVV
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 10 months8,715 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.8°N to 80.8°SFinal inclination 99.2°

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 99.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.8°N and 80.8°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 20 Mar 2023

16 entries
2023-0588FLOCK 2P 92023-0589FLOCK 3P 32023-0590FLOCK 3P 702023-0592CENTAURI 22023-0593OF-22023-0594SPACEBEE-482023-0595SPACEBEE-962023-0586IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0587IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0591CZ-2D DEB2023-0596COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0597COSMOS 1408 DEB+4 more

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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