Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9610
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.1
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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: 1999-025EPS
Object number (NORAD): 38121
Object ID (CCSDS): 38121
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.344 minutes
Inclination: 99.1056 deg
SMA: 7200.439 km
Apoapsis: 973.186 km
Periapsis: 671.422 km
RAAN: 17.3729 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0209546
Argument of periapsis: 101.885 deg
Mean anomaly: 260.5905 deg
Mean motion: 14.20902598 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00075878 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 18, 2025, 3:23 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 17, 2025, 4:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38121U 99025EPS 25229.68343217 .00002002 00000-0 75878-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 38121 99.1056 17.3729 0209546 101.8850 260.5905 14.20902598822576
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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