Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.0
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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: 1999-025FY
Object number (NORAD): 29878
Object ID (CCSDS): 29878
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.918 minutes
Inclination: 96.96 deg
SMA: 6989.255 km
Apoapsis: 647.088 km
Periapsis: 575.152 km
RAAN: 18.119 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0051462
Argument of periapsis: 349.5251 deg
Mean anomaly: 10.489 deg
Mean motion: 14.85786615 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00023653 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026545 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 12:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29878U 99025FY 25187.51447021 .00023653 00000-0 26545-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 29878 96.9600 18.1190 0051462 349.5251 10.4890 14.85786615962700
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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