Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9556
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 1C DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: FENGYUN 1C DEB
International designator: 1999-025BX
Object number (NORAD): 29781
Object ID (CCSDS): 29781
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.505 minutes
Inclination: 98.8002 deg
SMA: 7255.34 km
Apoapsis: 928.437 km
Periapsis: 825.974 km
RAAN: 187.6754 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0070612
Argument of periapsis: 255.6303 deg
Mean anomaly: 163.888 deg
Mean motion: 14.04805092 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000768 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049454 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29781U 99025BX 25188.92529421 .00000768 00000-0 49454-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 29781 98.8002 187.6754 0070612 255.6303 163.8880 14.04805092944277
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese polar orbiting meteorological satellite
FENGYUN 1C DEB 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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