Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.5
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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: 1999-025BJG
Object number (NORAD): 31178
Object ID (CCSDS): 31178
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.369 minutes
Inclination: 99.5049 deg
SMA: 7201.641 km
Apoapsis: 917.797 km
Periapsis: 729.215 km
RAAN: 177.8202 deg
Eccentricy: 0.013093
Argument of periapsis: 43.8696 deg
Mean anomaly: 317.2787 deg
Mean motion: 14.20546861 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003628 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001569 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 6:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31178U 99025BJG 25187.77730308 .00003628 00000-0 15690-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 31178 99.5049 177.8202 0130930 43.8696 317.2787 14.20546861935703
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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