CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1545
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 31650) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31650
International designator
1999-025CBG
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 3 months8,879 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.8°N to 84.8°SFinal inclination 95.2°
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 95.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.8°N and 84.8°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2023
3 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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