Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9494
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 1999-025EQW
Object number (NORAD): 38149
Object ID (CCSDS): 38149
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.01 minutes
Inclination: 98.3469 deg
SMA: 7184.595 km
Apoapsis: 863.543 km
Periapsis: 749.376 km
RAAN: 125.9695 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0079453
Argument of periapsis: 98.6065 deg
Mean anomaly: 262.4128 deg
Mean motion: 14.25605468 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000968 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00041193 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 5:28 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 3, 2025, 6:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38149U 99025EQW 25123.25287299 .00000968 00000-0 41193-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38149 98.3469 125.9695 0079453 98.6065 262.4128 14.25605468673030
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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