Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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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: 1999-025BWF
Object number (NORAD): 31492
Object ID (CCSDS): 31492
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.432 minutes
Inclination: 98.8567 deg
SMA: 7061.823 km
Apoapsis: 737.036 km
Periapsis: 630.34 km
RAAN: 340.8522 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0075544
Argument of periapsis: 142.144 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.5106 deg
Mean motion: 14.62943282 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00015248 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0028634 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31492U 99025BWF 25187.38022203 .00015248 00000-0 28634-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 31492 98.8567 340.8522 0075544 142.1440 218.5106 14.62943282941715
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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