Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9618
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 1999-025BCN
Object number (NORAD): 30996
Object ID (CCSDS): 30996
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.369 minutes
Inclination: 98.9445 deg
SMA: 7154.175 km
Apoapsis: 811.491 km
Periapsis: 740.589 km
RAAN: 150.6831 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00495531
Argument of periapsis: 215.8691 deg
Mean anomaly: 297.8973 deg
Mean motion: 14.34707745 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002684 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00095121159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:23 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 30996U 99025BCN 25249.19941358 .00002684 00000-0 95121-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 30996 98.9445 150.6831 0049553 215.8691 297.8973 14.34707745961643
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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