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Entry no.
2023-1984

FENGYUN 1C DEB

FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30499) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30499
International designator
1999-025AHM
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 6 months8,978 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°

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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 8 Dec 2023

14 entries
2023-1988LEMUR 2 SCHMIDTFALL2023-1989FLOCK 4EP 12023-1998MAYA-52023-1987H-2A R/B2023-1985NOAA 16 DEB2023-1986DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-1990IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-1992RESURS O1 DEB2023-1993COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1994COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1995COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1996COSMOS 1408 DEB+2 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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