Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9610
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.8
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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: 1999-025CDU
Object number (NORAD): 31721
Object ID (CCSDS): 31721
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.841 minutes
Inclination: 99.7657 deg
SMA: 7365.12 km
Apoapsis: 1222.403 km
Periapsis: 751.567 km
RAAN: 218.326 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0319639
Argument of periapsis: 96.1456 deg
Mean anomaly: 287.2428 deg
Mean motion: 13.73513836 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000815 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00063812453 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 4:26 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31721U 99025CDU 25241.18482888 .00000815 00000-0 63812-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 31721 99.7657 218.3260 0319639 96.1456 287.2428 13.73513836659376
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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