Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9496
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1999-025YR
Object number (NORAD): 30280
Object ID (CCSDS): 30280
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.995 minutes
Inclination: 98.7611 deg
SMA: 7278.449 km
Apoapsis: 958.22 km
Periapsis: 842.409 km
RAAN: 127.5229 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0079558
Argument of periapsis: 213.8223 deg
Mean anomaly: 298.6661 deg
Mean motion: 13.98120022 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000112 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010504 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 11:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30280U 99025YR 25128.49380304 .00000112 00000-0 10504-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 30280 98.7611 127.5229 0079558 213.8223 298.6661 13.98120022933562
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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