Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9495
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 1999-025CLU
Object number (NORAD): 31917
Object ID (CCSDS): 31917
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.232 minutes
Inclination: 98.3499 deg
SMA: 7147.661 km
Apoapsis: 906.331 km
Periapsis: 632.721 km
RAAN: 124.2471 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0191398
Argument of periapsis: 236.3357 deg
Mean anomaly: 182.2877 deg
Mean motion: 14.36669348 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000016 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00045435 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 2:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 5:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31917U 99025CLU 25125.21996851 .00001600 00000-0 45435-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 31917 98.3499 124.2471 0191398 236.3357 182.2877 14.36669348933398
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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