Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9493
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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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: 1999-025ELC
Object number (NORAD): 37687
Object ID (CCSDS): 37687
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.168 minutes
Inclination: 98.1986 deg
SMA: 7333.582 km
Apoapsis: 1206.731 km
Periapsis: 704.162 km
RAAN: 184.3015 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0342649
Argument of periapsis: 261.05 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.0599 deg
Mean motion: 13.82383504 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000952 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0056323 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 30, 2025, 11:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 37687U 99025ELC 25120.97993264 .00009520 00000-0 56323-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 37687 98.1986 184.3015 0342649 261.0500 226.0599 13.82383504801322
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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