Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9557
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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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: 1999-025BJK
Object number (NORAD): 31181
Object ID (CCSDS): 31181
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.034 minutes
Inclination: 98.7873 deg
SMA: 7233.088 km
Apoapsis: 890.387 km
Periapsis: 819.519 km
RAAN: 225.4543 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0048989
Argument of periapsis: 156.6554 deg
Mean anomaly: 355.5779 deg
Mean motion: 14.11292856 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001207 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00068394 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 1:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31181U 99025BJK 25189.57914677 .00001207 00000-0 68394-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 31181 98.7873 225.4543 0048989 156.6554 355.5779 14.11292856935505
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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