Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9493
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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: 96.757 minutes
Inclination: 99.0106 deg
SMA: 6981.496 km
Apoapsis: 618.799 km
Periapsis: 587.923 km
RAAN: 311.1506 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022113
Argument of periapsis: 269.6336 deg
Mean anomaly: 158.9398 deg
Mean motion: 14.88264218 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00081362 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0086765 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 11:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30578U 99025ALU 25125.45923581 .00081362 00000-0 86765-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 30578 99.0106 311.1506 0022113 269.6336 158.9398 14.88264218943329
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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