Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9717
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: 1999-025BMC
Object number (NORAD): 31246
Object ID (CCSDS): 31246
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.331 minutes
Inclination: 98.8179 deg
SMA: 7247.095 km
Apoapsis: 976.723 km
Periapsis: 761.198 km
RAAN: 193.3588 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01486979
Argument of periapsis: 344.8205 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.8526 deg
Mean motion: 14.07203108 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005838 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.003171684 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 8:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31246U 99025BMC 25346.36119859 .00005838 00000-0 31717-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 31246 98.8179 193.3588 0148698 344.8205 14.8526 14.07203108617476
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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