Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
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: 1999-025BXE
Object number (NORAD): 31515
Object ID (CCSDS): 31515
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.264 minutes
Inclination: 98.9242 deg
SMA: 7243.949 km
Apoapsis: 904.454 km
Periapsis: 827.174 km
RAAN: 348.8846 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0053341
Argument of periapsis: 328.6313 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.1678 deg
Mean motion: 14.08120034 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003104 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001823 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 21, 2025, 4:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 19, 2024, 11:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31515U 99025BXE 24263.47085229 .00003104 00000-0 18230-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 31515 98.9242 348.8846 0053341 328.6313 31.1678 14.08120034520347
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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