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Entry no.
2023-1682

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 38792) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38792
International designator
1999-025EUG
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 4 months8,914 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.4°N to 80.4°SFinal inclination 99.6°

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 99.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.4°N and 80.4°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 5 Oct 2023

5 entries
2023-1683NUSAT 22023-1685LEMUR 2 ZUPANSKI2023-1687MISR-B-12023-1684DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-1686COSMOS 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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