Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9715
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 1999-025CPF
Object number (NORAD): 31978
Object ID (CCSDS): 31978
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.642 minutes
Inclination: 98.3802 deg
SMA: 7402.59 km
Apoapsis: 1219.434 km
Periapsis: 829.477 km
RAAN: 138.0358 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0263392
Argument of periapsis: 61.5347 deg
Mean anomaly: 301.2062 deg
Mean motion: 13.63098344 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001637 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016862469 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 8, 2025, 6:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 9:40 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31978U 99025CPF 25342.40306708 .00001637 00000-0 16862-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 31978 98.3802 138.0358 0263392 61.5347 301.2062 13.63098344915313
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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