Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9616
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 1999-025BNP
Object number (NORAD): 31281
Object ID (CCSDS): 31281
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.409 minutes
Inclination: 98.3779 deg
SMA: 6916.524 km
Apoapsis: 629.369 km
Periapsis: 447.409 km
RAAN: 13.7137 deg
Eccentricy: 0.013154
Argument of periapsis: 63.8083 deg
Mean anomaly: 297.66 deg
Mean motion: 15.09283938 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00034309 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017532662 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:38 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31281U 99025BNP 25248.29277207 .00034309 00000-0 17533-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 31281 98.3779 13.7137 0131540 63.8083 297.6600 15.09283938982438
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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