Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9661
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 101.034 minutes
Inclination: 98.8288 deg
SMA: 7185.745 km
Apoapsis: 915.044 km
Periapsis: 700.177 km
RAAN: 49.3398 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01495089
Argument of periapsis: 32.5121 deg
Mean anomaly: 117.5346 deg
Mean motion: 14.25263059 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001261 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049428277 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31516U 99025BXF 25293.81799028 .00001261 00000-0 49428-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 31516 98.8288 49.3398 0149509 32.5121 117.5346 14.25263059957385
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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