Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1999-025WQ
Object number (NORAD): 30231
Object ID (CCSDS): 30231
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.009 minutes
Inclination: 98.805 deg
SMA: 7231.879 km
Apoapsis: 946.612 km
Periapsis: 760.877 km
RAAN: 32.4397 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01284143
Argument of periapsis: 26.5448 deg
Mean anomaly: 91.8762 deg
Mean motion: 14.11646685 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001489 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0007798391 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30231U 99025WQ 25347.69873772 .00001489 00000-0 77984-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 30231 98.8050 32.4397 0128414 26.5448 91.8762 14.11646685970335
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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