FENGYUN 1C DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9694

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

102.2

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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: 1999-025BWA

Object number (NORAD): 31486

Object ID (CCSDS): 31486

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Decay date: Nov. 23, 2025

Period: 93.334 minutes

Inclination: 102.2338 deg

SMA: 6815.873 km

Apoapsis: 447.83 km

Periapsis: 427.646 km

RAAN: 221.7235 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0014807

Argument of periapsis: 94.448 deg

Mean anomaly: 265.8441 deg

Mean motion: 15.42838759 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.01375576 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.028518 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 14, 2025, 9:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 14, 2025, 4:27 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB

TLE line 1: 1 31486U 99025BWA 25318.18591326 .01375576 00000-0 28518-1 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 31486 102.2338 221.7235 0014807 94.4480 265.8441 15.42838759965376

Live tracking on map

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.

In-orbit conjunctions

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.

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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Launch to space Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
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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