Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C at a glance.
Uptime
9655
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 1C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FENGYUN 1C
International designator: 1999-025A
Object number (NORAD): 25730
Object ID (CCSDS): 25730
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.013 minutes
Inclination: 98.891 deg
SMA: 7184.734 km
Apoapsis: 813.576 km
Periapsis: 799.621 km
RAAN: 353.164 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00097119
Argument of periapsis: 228.5536 deg
Mean anomaly: 131.4809 deg
Mean motion: 14.25564083 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003794 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016215069 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 15, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 14, 2025, 10:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C
TLE line 1: 1 25730U 99025A 25287.93700946 .00003794 00000-0 16215-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 25730 98.8910 353.1640 0009712 228.5536 131.4809 14.25564083362999
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object FENGYUN 1C.
Associated space launch
Chinese polar orbiting meteorological satellite
FENGYUN 1C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on May 10, 1999, 1:33 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 10, 1999, 1:33 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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