Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9495
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: 1999-025BUL
Object number (NORAD): 31448
Object ID (CCSDS): 31448
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.915 minutes
Inclination: 98.5067 deg
SMA: 7180.094 km
Apoapsis: 846.07 km
Periapsis: 757.848 km
RAAN: 144.5039 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0061435
Argument of periapsis: 127.8363 deg
Mean anomaly: 232.84 deg
Mean motion: 14.26946201 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002066 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00085013 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 6:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31448U 99025BUL 25127.27868129 .00002066 00000-0 85013-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 31448 98.5067 144.5039 0061435 127.8363 232.8400 14.26946201611734
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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