Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9496
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: 1999-025BDE
Object number (NORAD): 31012
Object ID (CCSDS): 31012
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.867 minutes
Inclination: 98.9327 deg
SMA: 7177.822 km
Apoapsis: 859.069 km
Periapsis: 740.305 km
RAAN: 20.723 deg
Eccentricy: 0.008273
Argument of periapsis: 167.3395 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.0805 deg
Mean motion: 14.27623761 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000453 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00019541 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 4:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31012U 99025BDE 25127.17973414 .00000453 00000-0 19541-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31012 98.9327 20.7230 0082730 167.3395 347.0805 14.27623761946145
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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