Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9498
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
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: 97.141 minutes
Inclination: 96.9635 deg
SMA: 6999.957 km
Apoapsis: 661.022 km
Periapsis: 582.622 km
RAAN: 328.3811 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0056001
Argument of periapsis: 176.9662 deg
Mean anomaly: 183.1905 deg
Mean motion: 14.82380536 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00034948 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0042344 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29878U 99025FY 25130.54768592 .00034948 00000-0 42344-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 29878 96.9635 328.3811 0056001 176.9662 183.1905 14.82380536954251
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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