Re-entered 2008-12-16Debris

FENGYUN 1C DEB

NORAD: 30948
COSPAR: 1999-025BAN

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	2008-12-16
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	2008-12-16

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Spacecraft

Owner: China Aerospace

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S30948, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1999-05-10
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B
Flight: FY-1C/SJ-5
Mission name: Feng Yun Yi Beng
Launch site: TYSC, LC7
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1999-025

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1999-025, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 1999-05-10
Re-entered: 2008-12-16
Period: 89.3 min
Inclination: 98.95°
Apogee: 244 km
Perigee: 234 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0027 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: FENGYUN 1C (NORAD 25730)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris3534 in total, 2313 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit