Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9616
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1999-025BTT
Object number (NORAD): 31431
Object ID (CCSDS): 31431
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.678 minutes
Inclination: 98.5438 deg
SMA: 7263.482 km
Apoapsis: 985.747 km
Periapsis: 784.946 km
RAAN: 135.8353 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01382268
Argument of periapsis: 33.4709 deg
Mean anomaly: 327.51 deg
Mean motion: 14.02443933 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002953 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017899953 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 4:50 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31431U 99025BTT 25241.20206515 .00002953 00000-0 17900-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31431 98.5438 135.8353 0138227 33.4709 327.5100 14.02443933930528
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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