Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9615
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.5
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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: 1999-025FT
Object number (NORAD): 29873
Object ID (CCSDS): 29873
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.999 minutes
Inclination: 99.4564 deg
SMA: 7278.605 km
Apoapsis: 968.909 km
Periapsis: 832.031 km
RAAN: 104.285 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00940275
Argument of periapsis: 108.5842 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.007 deg
Mean motion: 13.98075255 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000749 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053862153 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 3:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29873U 99025FT 25247.13702737 .00000749 00000-0 53862-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 29873 99.4564 104.2850 0094028 108.5842 15.0070 13.98075255949234
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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