Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9714
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: 1999-025BVM
Object number (NORAD): 31473
Object ID (CCSDS): 31473
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.716 minutes
Inclination: 98.5459 deg
SMA: 7170.652 km
Apoapsis: 839.109 km
Periapsis: 745.925 km
RAAN: 18.153 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00649758
Argument of periapsis: 19.92 deg
Mean anomaly: 9.8753 deg
Mean motion: 14.29765518 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005319 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0020397531 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 1:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31473U 99025BVM 25345.05990383 .00005319 00000-0 20398-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 31473 98.5459 18.1530 0064976 19.9200 9.8753 14.29765518694976
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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