Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9556
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025BYU
Object number (NORAD): 31553
Object ID (CCSDS): 31553
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.8 minutes
Inclination: 99.0125 deg
SMA: 7174.666 km
Apoapsis: 818.827 km
Periapsis: 774.236 km
RAAN: 236.0124 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0031075
Argument of periapsis: 197.7087 deg
Mean anomaly: 320.533 deg
Mean motion: 14.28565631 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003416 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.001373 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31553U 99025BYU 25186.60032186 .00003416 00000-0 13730-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31553 99.0125 236.0124 0031075 197.7087 320.5330 14.28565631936227
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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