CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0049
FENGNIAO 1 (FN-1)
FENGNIAO 1 (FN-1) (NORAD 38998) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 2024, after 11 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
38998
International designator
2012-064B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
China
Launched
18 Nov 2012Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 1 month4,071 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.9°N to 82.9°SFinal inclination 97.1°
Mass
130 kg
Operator
China Aerospace / DFH
Built by
DFH
Bus
Micro
Programme
Fengniao
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 97.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.9°N and 82.9°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 1 monthFENGNIAO 1 (FN-1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Jan 2024
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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