Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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: 1999-025BWM
Object number (NORAD): 31498
Object ID (CCSDS): 31498
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.575 minutes
Inclination: 98.4856 deg
SMA: 7352.691 km
Apoapsis: 1135.384 km
Periapsis: 813.727 km
RAAN: 318.5033 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02187347
Argument of periapsis: 143.732 deg
Mean anomaly: 217.8888 deg
Mean motion: 13.76998052 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000228 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019665531 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 4:32 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31498U 99025BWM 25347.18918353 .00002280 00000-0 19666-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 31498 98.4856 318.5033 0218735 143.7320 217.8888 13.76998052927400
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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