Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9499
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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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: 1999-025MS
Object number (NORAD): 30017
Object ID (CCSDS): 30017
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.59 minutes
Inclination: 98.7785 deg
SMA: 7069.379 km
Apoapsis: 846.928 km
Periapsis: 535.561 km
RAAN: 163.5815 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0220222
Argument of periapsis: 116.2717 deg
Mean anomaly: 246.1292 deg
Mean motion: 14.60598418 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001423 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021712 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30017U 99025MS 25131.81781467 .00001423 00000-0 21712-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 30017 98.7785 163.5815 0220222 116.2717 246.1292 14.60598418973068
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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