FENGYUN 1C DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9494

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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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: 1999-025BWL

Object number (NORAD): 31497

Object ID (CCSDS): 31497

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.079 minutes

Inclination: 98.3505 deg

SMA: 7140.4 km

Apoapsis: 881.933 km

Periapsis: 642.597 km

RAAN: 114.7542 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0167593

Argument of periapsis: 286.6571 deg

Mean anomaly: 255.0996 deg

Mean motion: 14.38861306 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000861 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00025138 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 5, 2025, 5:28 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB

TLE line 1: 1 31497U 99025BWL 25125.72816112 .00000861 00000-0 25138-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 31497 98.3505 114.7542 0167593 286.6571 255.0996 14.38861306943761

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In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object FENGYUN 1C DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
THOR BURNER 2 R/B	SSO	2025-03-31 10:09:49	0.0009018626	282.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

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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