Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9610
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025BJH
Object number (NORAD): 31179
Object ID (CCSDS): 31179
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.485 minutes
Inclination: 99.0311 deg
SMA: 7301.502 km
Apoapsis: 1080.868 km
Periapsis: 765.866 km
RAAN: 250.8196 deg
Eccentricy: 0.021571
Argument of periapsis: 325.108 deg
Mean anomaly: 33.6097 deg
Mean motion: 13.91503976 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00070654 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 16, 2025, 11:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 15, 2025, 6:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31179U 99025BJH 25227.78312077 .00001036 00000-0 70654-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 31179 99.0311 250.8196 0215710 325.1080 33.6097 13.91503976930163
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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