Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9554
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1999-025BUE
Object number (NORAD): 31442
Object ID (CCSDS): 31442
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.456 minutes
Inclination: 98.5372 deg
SMA: 7158.309 km
Apoapsis: 838.249 km
Periapsis: 722.1 km
RAAN: 274.6336 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0081129
Argument of periapsis: 126.2144 deg
Mean anomaly: 234.6576 deg
Mean motion: 14.33464903 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000937 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034198 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 11:20 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31442U 99025BUE 25186.47241771 .00000937 00000-0 34198-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 31442 98.5372 274.6336 0081129 126.2144 234.6576 14.33464903950646
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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