FENGYUN 1C DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9715

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.3

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.9

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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: 1999-025KK

Object number (NORAD): 29961

Object ID (CCSDS): 29961

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.966 minutes

Inclination: 98.9484 deg

SMA: 7182.545 km

Apoapsis: 857.635 km

Periapsis: 751.185 km

RAAN: 235.0478 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00741027

Argument of periapsis: 302.2724 deg

Mean anomaly: 57.129 deg

Mean motion: 14.26215785 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000642 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0002793773 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:19 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB

TLE line 1: 1 29961U 99025KK 25347.63830324 .00000642 00000-0 27938-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 29961 98.9484 235.0478 0074103 302.2724 57.1290 14.26215785983224

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
ARGOS SSO 2025-11-20 16:17:12 0.0002363646 531.0 (m) PAYLOAD
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2025-11-12 21:55:19 0.0001045312 53.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-15 18:21:54 0.0003399978 64.0 (m) DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-06 01:16:21 0.0002435531 31.0 (m) DEBRIS
NOAA 16 DEB SSO 2025-05-13 07:41:22 0.0001108026 287.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
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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