Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9620
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1999-025BXW
Object number (NORAD): 31531
Object ID (CCSDS): 31531
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.368 minutes
Inclination: 98.3968 deg
SMA: 7154.12 km
Apoapsis: 953.254 km
Periapsis: 598.717 km
RAAN: 297.2485 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02477852
Argument of periapsis: 197.4289 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.828 deg
Mean motion: 14.34724134 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000458 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011548613 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 9:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31531U 99025BXW 25249.87708635 .00004580 00000-0 11549-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 31531 98.3968 297.2485 0247785 197.4289 161.8280 14.34724134625459
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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