Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9496
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.3
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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: 1999-025BME
Object number (NORAD): 31248
Object ID (CCSDS): 31248
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.417 minutes
Inclination: 99.283 deg
SMA: 7298.295 km
Apoapsis: 1001.826 km
Periapsis: 838.493 km
RAAN: 184.2555 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0111898
Argument of periapsis: 184.9557 deg
Mean anomaly: 205.6679 deg
Mean motion: 13.92421294 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000941 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072823 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 2:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31248U 99025BME 25127.10854581 .00000941 00000-0 72823-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 31248 99.2830 184.2555 0111898 184.9557 205.6679 13.92421294917670
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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