Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9613
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1999-025BCU
Object number (NORAD): 31002
Object ID (CCSDS): 31002
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.925 minutes
Inclination: 98.8922 deg
SMA: 7275.151 km
Apoapsis: 968.347 km
Periapsis: 825.686 km
RAAN: 259.7486 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00980463
Argument of periapsis: 269.641 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.6089 deg
Mean motion: 13.99070835 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000866 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060329097 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 3:25 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 6:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31002U 99025BCU 25244.78531683 .00000866 00000-0 60329-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 31002 98.8922 259.7486 0098046 269.6410 269.6089 13.99070835941797
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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