Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9617
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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: 1999-025AQU
Object number (NORAD): 30686
Object ID (CCSDS): 30686
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.811 minutes
Inclination: 99.0394 deg
SMA: 7032.085 km
Apoapsis: 758.255 km
Periapsis: 549.645 km
RAAN: 72.7762 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01483277
Argument of periapsis: 62.3729 deg
Mean anomaly: 62.2239 deg
Mean motion: 14.72233152 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009621 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012890461 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 7:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30686U 99025AQU 25249.79268166 .00009621 00000-0 12890-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 30686 99.0394 72.7762 0148328 62.3729 62.2239 14.72233152981748
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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