Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9656
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
102.5
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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: 1999-025CQA
Object number (NORAD): 31997
Object ID (CCSDS): 31997
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.855 minutes
Inclination: 102.5149 deg
SMA: 7412.568 km
Apoapsis: 1248.114 km
Periapsis: 820.752 km
RAAN: 313.143 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02882686
Argument of periapsis: 50.9094 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.73 deg
Mean motion: 13.60346968 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002646 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.002743625 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 13, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 13, 2025, 8:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 31997U 99025CQA 25286.35940750 .00002646 00000-0 27436-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 31997 102.5149 313.1430 0288269 50.9094 311.7300 13.60346968608623
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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