Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9499
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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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: 1999-025BXF
Object number (NORAD): 31516
Object ID (CCSDS): 31516
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.059 minutes
Inclination: 98.8134 deg
SMA: 7186.912 km
Apoapsis: 917.355 km
Periapsis: 700.2 km
RAAN: 246.1831 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0151077
Argument of periapsis: 141.9247 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.2967 deg
Mean motion: 14.24915918 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001347 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00052905 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 12:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31516U 99025BXF 25131.54044102 .00001347 00000-0 52905-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 31516 98.8134 246.1831 0151077 141.9247 279.2967 14.24915918934276
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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