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
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: 103.002 minutes
Inclination: 99.463 deg
SMA: 7278.763 km
Apoapsis: 967.802 km
Periapsis: 833.454 km
RAAN: 44.2372 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0092288
Argument of periapsis: 267.2323 deg
Mean anomaly: 112.7729 deg
Mean motion: 13.98029644 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015449 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, 8:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29873U 99025FT 25188.86114034 .00000179 00000-0 15449-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 29873 99.4630 44.2372 0092288 267.2323 112.7729 13.98029644941096
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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