Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9722
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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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: 1999-025BBV
Object number (NORAD): 30979
Object ID (CCSDS): 30979
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.369 minutes
Inclination: 97.8301 deg
SMA: 7010.923 km
Apoapsis: 766.167 km
Periapsis: 499.409 km
RAAN: 253.2118 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01902444
Argument of periapsis: 214.2459 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.6438 deg
Mean motion: 14.78903943 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004847 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049043308 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 21, 2025, 3:42 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 20, 2025, 11:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30979U 99025BBV 25354.97748664 .00004847 00000-0 49043-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 30979 97.8301 253.2118 0190244 214.2459 161.6438 14.78903943992677
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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