Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9619
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 1999-025BRN
Object number (NORAD): 31358
Object ID (CCSDS): 31358
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.49 minutes
Inclination: 98.9127 deg
SMA: 6968.647 km
Apoapsis: 635.363 km
Periapsis: 545.662 km
RAAN: 170.0687 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00643601
Argument of periapsis: 79.2181 deg
Mean anomaly: 281.6271 deg
Mean motion: 14.92382117 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00053369 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0049819251 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 7:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31358U 99025BRN 25251.30150081 .00053369 00000-0 49819-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 31358 98.9127 170.0687 0064360 79.2181 281.6271 14.92382117961364
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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