Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9552
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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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: 1999-025JN
Object number (NORAD): 29940
Object ID (CCSDS): 29940
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.529 minutes
Inclination: 98.6248 deg
SMA: 7209.178 km
Apoapsis: 884.072 km
Periapsis: 778.015 km
RAAN: 198.7367 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0073557
Argument of periapsis: 205.8337 deg
Mean anomaly: 276.763 deg
Mean motion: 14.18319568 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000701 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035171 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 2:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29940U 99025JN 25184.60537066 .00000701 00000-0 35171-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 29940 98.6248 198.7367 0073557 205.8337 276.7630 14.18319568951898
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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