Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9618
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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: 1999-025ALU
Object number (NORAD): 30578
Object ID (CCSDS): 30578
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.612 minutes
Inclination: 98.9925 deg
SMA: 6926.303 km
Apoapsis: 558.282 km
Periapsis: 538.055 km
RAAN: 94.8103 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00146016
Argument of periapsis: 240.4828 deg
Mean anomaly: 173.6578 deg
Mean motion: 15.06088521 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00108589 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0073124633 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 12:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30578U 99025ALU 25250.53211826 .00108589 00000-0 73125-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 30578 98.9925 94.8103 0014602 240.4828 173.6578 15.06088521962025
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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