Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9618
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.1
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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: 1999-025BPE
Object number (NORAD): 31296
Object ID (CCSDS): 31296
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.381 minutes
Inclination: 99.0665 deg
SMA: 7059.379 km
Apoapsis: 699.291 km
Periapsis: 663.196 km
RAAN: 155.1532 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00255649
Argument of periapsis: 140.0893 deg
Mean anomaly: 220.2192 deg
Mean motion: 14.6370331 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00021646 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0041364907 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31296U 99025BPE 25250.43234599 .00021646 00000-0 41365-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 31296 99.0665 155.1532 0025565 140.0893 220.2192 14.63703310959377
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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