Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9495
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 1999-025BBU
Object number (NORAD): 30978
Object ID (CCSDS): 30978
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.383 minutes
Inclination: 98.2932 deg
SMA: 7154.836 km
Apoapsis: 801.237 km
Periapsis: 752.165 km
RAAN: 77.4253 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034293
Argument of periapsis: 124.4946 deg
Mean anomaly: 235.9486 deg
Mean motion: 14.34508905 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008468 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029941 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 2:33 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Jan. 21, 2025, 9:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30978U 99025BBU 25021.89831088 .00008468 00000-0 29941-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 30978 98.2932 77.4253 0034293 124.4946 235.9486 14.34508905929726
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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