Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9615
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025UE
Object number (NORAD): 30173
Object ID (CCSDS): 30173
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.078 minutes
Inclination: 98.9846 deg
SMA: 7235.158 km
Apoapsis: 916.67 km
Periapsis: 797.376 km
RAAN: 317.9706 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00824405
Argument of periapsis: 209.0623 deg
Mean anomaly: 207.9162 deg
Mean motion: 14.10687276 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000368 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020194185 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30173U 99025UE 25247.18452285 .00003680 00000-0 20194-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 30173 98.9846 317.9706 0082440 209.0623 207.9162 14.10687276951456
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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