CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1460
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 30491) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
30491
International designator
1999-025AHD
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 4 months9,261 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.6°N to 78.6°SFinal inclination 101.4°
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 101.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.6°N and 78.6°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Sep 2024
4 entriesPart of a break-up
1,218 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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