Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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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: 1999-025BUU
Object number (NORAD): 31456
Object ID (CCSDS): 31456
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.911 minutes
Inclination: 98.5735 deg
SMA: 7132.399 km
Apoapsis: 804.969 km
Periapsis: 703.558 km
RAAN: 287.775 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0071092
Argument of periapsis: 76.4459 deg
Mean anomaly: 284.4637 deg
Mean motion: 14.41283228 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001782 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00054864 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, 2:38 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31456U 99025BUU 25186.11008365 .00001782 00000-0 54864-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 31456 98.5735 287.7750 0071092 76.4459 284.4637 14.41283228951529
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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