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
98.4
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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: 100.075 minutes
Inclination: 98.352 deg
SMA: 7140.209 km
Apoapsis: 883.465 km
Periapsis: 640.683 km
RAAN: 173.2229 deg
Eccentricy: 0.017001
Argument of periapsis: 106.1347 deg
Mean anomaly: 70.2536 deg
Mean motion: 14.38919148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000506 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015144 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 5:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31497U 99025BWL 25185.73861528 .00000506 00000-0 15144-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 31497 98.3520 173.2229 0170010 106.1347 70.2536 14.38919148952399
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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