Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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: 1999-025XU
Object number (NORAD): 30259
Object ID (CCSDS): 30259
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.208 minutes
Inclination: 98.7618 deg
SMA: 7098.889 km
Apoapsis: 892.566 km
Periapsis: 548.942 km
RAAN: 197.7896 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0242026
Argument of periapsis: 270.2482 deg
Mean anomaly: 257.1223 deg
Mean motion: 14.5150049 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004112 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071273572 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 2:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30259U 99025XU 25346.09995828 .00004112 00000-0 71274-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 30259 98.7618 197.7896 0242026 270.2482 257.1223 14.51500490994652
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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