Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9609
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.1
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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: 1999-025LC
Object number (NORAD): 29978
Object ID (CCSDS): 29978
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.162 minutes
Inclination: 99.0785 deg
SMA: 7286.306 km
Apoapsis: 963.36 km
Periapsis: 852.981 km
RAAN: 292.7186 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00757445
Argument of periapsis: 342.9928 deg
Mean anomaly: 148.0545 deg
Mean motion: 13.95859462 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000041 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000002210848 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, 3:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29978U 99025LC 25240.63167574 -.00000041 00000-0 22108-5 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 29978 99.0785 292.7186 0075745 342.9928 148.0545 13.95859462948364
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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