Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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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: 1999-025BHZ
Object number (NORAD): 31171
Object ID (CCSDS): 31171
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.644 minutes
Inclination: 98.0059 deg
SMA: 7167.237 km
Apoapsis: 908.057 km
Periapsis: 670.147 km
RAAN: 189.0981 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0165971
Argument of periapsis: 73.9047 deg
Mean anomaly: 79.5457 deg
Mean motion: 14.30787392 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007714 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025437 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 11:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31171U 99025BHZ 25187.47467853 .00007714 00000-0 25437-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 31171 98.0059 189.0981 0165971 73.9047 79.5457 14.30787392935504
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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