Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9611
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 1999-025AMB
Object number (NORAD): 30596
Object ID (CCSDS): 30596
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.42 minutes
Inclination: 98.4111 deg
SMA: 7156.619 km
Apoapsis: 956.34 km
Periapsis: 600.628 km
RAAN: 243.8253 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02485197
Argument of periapsis: 236.3425 deg
Mean anomaly: 291.2322 deg
Mean motion: 14.33972722 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000871 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023449488 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 10:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30596U 99025AMB 25243.44728072 .00000871 00000-0 23449-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 30596 98.4111 243.8253 0248520 236.3425 291.2322 14.33972722970807
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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