Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9662
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: 102.696 minutes
Inclination: 98.683 deg
SMA: 7264.354 km
Apoapsis: 1112.11 km
Periapsis: 660.328 km
RAAN: 144.7428 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0310958
Argument of periapsis: 260.2587 deg
Mean anomaly: 96.3336 deg
Mean motion: 14.02191366 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001023 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0043836 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31256U 99025BMN 25294.77243560 .00010230 00000-0 43836-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31256 98.6830 144.7428 0310958 260.2587 96.3336 14.02191366642532
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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