Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9554
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.5
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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: 1999-025CTH
Object number (NORAD): 32163
Object ID (CCSDS): 32163
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.867 minutes
Inclination: 99.5382 deg
SMA: 7130.305 km
Apoapsis: 789.846 km
Periapsis: 714.494 km
RAAN: 171.5029 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0052839
Argument of periapsis: 144.3113 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.1624 deg
Mean motion: 14.41918029 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001818 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056212 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 6:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 32163U 99025CTH 25184.78235188 .00001818 00000-0 56212-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 32163 99.5382 171.5029 0052839 144.3113 216.1624 14.41918029586417
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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