Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
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: 102.097 minutes
Inclination: 98.9866 deg
SMA: 7236.05 km
Apoapsis: 916.919 km
Periapsis: 798.911 km
RAAN: 257.9777 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0081542
Argument of periapsis: 20.7016 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.552 deg
Mean motion: 14.10426452 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001778 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00099386 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30173U 99025UE 25187.17381531 .00001778 00000-0 99386-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 30173 98.9866 257.9777 0081542 20.7016 33.5520 14.10426452942992
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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