FENGYUN 1C DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9662

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

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: 1999-025BLM

Object number (NORAD): 31231

Object ID (CCSDS): 31231

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.879 minutes

Inclination: 98.8618 deg

SMA: 7035.375 km

Apoapsis: 767.854 km

Periapsis: 546.625 km

RAAN: 88.5686 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01572262

Argument of periapsis: 270.3741 deg

Mean anomaly: 87.9449 deg

Mean motion: 14.71200632 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0003488 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0046528163 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:02 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB

TLE line 1: 1 31231U 99025BLM 25294.25148798 .00034880 00000-0 46528-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 31231 98.8618 88.5686 0157226 270.3741 87.9449 14.71200632622489

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object FENGYUN 1C DEB.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
SL-8 DEB LEO 2025-05-17 15:17:27 0.0002437488 118.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 1275 DEB LEO 2024-11-16 03:45:23 0.0001283827 432.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-16 DEB LEO 2024-09-03 13:37:45 0.000126656 175.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
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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