Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9556
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025BMT
Object number (NORAD): 31261
Object ID (CCSDS): 31261
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.083 minutes
Inclination: 98.9967 deg
SMA: 7140.567 km
Apoapsis: 799.968 km
Periapsis: 724.897 km
RAAN: 131.6964 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0052567
Argument of periapsis: 347.2739 deg
Mean anomaly: 12.7116 deg
Mean motion: 14.38810763 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002029 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00066489 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 7:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31261U 99025BMT 25186.30402475 .00002029 00000-0 66489-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 31261 98.9967 131.6964 0052567 347.2739 12.7116 14.38810763950422
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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