Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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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: 1999-025BMN
Object number (NORAD): 31256
Object ID (CCSDS): 31256
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.811 minutes
Inclination: 98.6851 deg
SMA: 7269.736 km
Apoapsis: 1120.301 km
Periapsis: 662.901 km
RAAN: 42.7089 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0314592
Argument of periapsis: 198.889 deg
Mean anomaly: 160.039 deg
Mean motion: 14.00634361 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005308 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0023373 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31256U 99025BMN 25187.81263890 .00005308 00000-0 23373-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 31256 98.6851 42.7089 0314592 198.8890 160.0390 14.00634361915386
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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