Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9494
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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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: 1999-025BTL
Object number (NORAD): 31424
Object ID (CCSDS): 31424
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.262 minutes
Inclination: 98.506 deg
SMA: 7243.845 km
Apoapsis: 933.653 km
Periapsis: 797.767 km
RAAN: 181.7401 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0093794
Argument of periapsis: 17.0219 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.4062 deg
Mean motion: 14.08150326 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000492 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030022 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 9:19 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31424U 99025BTL 25124.88853208 .00000492 00000-0 30022-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31424 98.5060 181.7401 0093794 17.0219 343.4062 14.08150326600488
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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