Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9558
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: 99.258 minutes
Inclination: 98.7821 deg
SMA: 7101.295 km
Apoapsis: 897.967 km
Periapsis: 548.353 km
RAAN: 34.3604 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0246162
Argument of periapsis: 24.4284 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.6672 deg
Mean motion: 14.507628 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001199 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021673 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 1:11 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30259U 99025XU 25189.54974345 .00001199 00000-0 21673-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 30259 98.7821 34.3604 0246162 24.4284 28.6672 14.50762800971956
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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