Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9663
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.2
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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: 1999-025UD
Object number (NORAD): 30172
Object ID (CCSDS): 30172
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.979 minutes
Inclination: 99.2284 deg
SMA: 7230.494 km
Apoapsis: 904.141 km
Periapsis: 800.578 km
RAAN: 272.2681 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0071616
Argument of periapsis: 348.411 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.4107 deg
Mean motion: 14.12052257 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004989 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0026814 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 5:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30172U 99025UD 25294.73867501 .00004989 00000-0 26814-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 30172 99.2284 272.2681 0071616 348.4110 97.4107 14.12052257957838
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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