CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0289
FENGYUN 1C DEB
FENGYUN 1C DEB (NORAD 29878) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
29878
International designator
1999-025FY
Object type
Fragment
Country
China
Parent launched
10 May 1999Taiyuan
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 10 months9,804 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.1°N to 83.1°SFinal inclination 96.9°
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 96.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.1°N and 83.1°S.
Life in orbit
FENGYUN 1C DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Mar 2026
4 entriesPart of a break-up
1,220 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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