CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0985
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31982) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31982
International designator
1999-025CPK
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 11 months8,760 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 May 2023
21 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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