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Entry no.
2023-1800

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30512) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30512
International designator
1999-025AJA
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 5 months8,940 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 allowed
Exact 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 31 Oct 2023

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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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