Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9553
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.3
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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: 1999-025DXJ
Object number (NORAD): 36281
Object ID (CCSDS): 36281
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 105.949 minutes
Inclination: 99.2571 deg
SMA: 7416.945 km
Apoapsis: 1255.593 km
Periapsis: 822.027 km
RAAN: 115.1646 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0292281
Argument of periapsis: 166.7536 deg
Mean anomaly: 194.1493 deg
Mean motion: 13.59143055 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001844 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0019342 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 1:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36281U 99025DXJ 25184.55694664 .00001844 00000-0 19342-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 36281 99.2571 115.1646 0292281 166.7536 194.1493 13.59143055825920
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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