Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9608
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: 101.521 minutes
Inclination: 98.6265 deg
SMA: 7208.808 km
Apoapsis: 884.942 km
Periapsis: 776.403 km
RAAN: 253.5396 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00752828
Argument of periapsis: 45.6605 deg
Mean anomaly: 19.4461 deg
Mean motion: 14.18429043 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001496 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072455876 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 2:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 10:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29940U 99025JN 25240.95818826 .00001496 00000-0 72456-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 29940 98.6265 253.5396 0075283 45.6605 19.4461 14.18429043959886
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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