Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9555
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
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: 1999-025BZE
Object number (NORAD): 31563
Object ID (CCSDS): 31563
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.387 minutes
Inclination: 98.9335 deg
SMA: 7059.664 km
Apoapsis: 763.719 km
Periapsis: 599.34 km
RAAN: 326.3598 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0116421
Argument of periapsis: 210.5859 deg
Mean anomaly: 148.8518 deg
Mean motion: 14.63614452 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003163 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056266 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, 2:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31563U 99025BZE 25186.62207402 .00003163 00000-0 56266-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 31563 98.9335 326.3598 0116421 210.5859 148.8518 14.63614452962017
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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