Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9615
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.9
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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: 1999-025CDX
Object number (NORAD): 31724
Object ID (CCSDS): 31724
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.561 minutes
Inclination: 97.8585 deg
SMA: 7115.746 km
Apoapsis: 849.862 km
Periapsis: 625.36 km
RAAN: 260.2535 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01577502
Argument of periapsis: 188.2497 deg
Mean anomaly: 171.61 deg
Mean motion: 14.4634556 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012336 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029513065 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 7:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31724U 99025CDX 25247.29922797 .00012336 00000-0 29513-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 31724 97.8585 260.2535 0157750 188.2497 171.6100 14.46345560630539
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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