Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9497
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1999-025ERP
Object number (NORAD): 38166
Object ID (CCSDS): 38166
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.882 minutes
Inclination: 99.075 deg
SMA: 7178.528 km
Apoapsis: 839.106 km
Periapsis: 761.681 km
RAAN: 221.363 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0053928
Argument of periapsis: 317.3757 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.3244 deg
Mean motion: 14.27413003 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006332 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0025593 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 4:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38166U 99025ERP 25127.20305171 .00006332 00000-0 25593-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 38166 99.0750 221.3630 0053928 317.3757 42.3244 14.27413003776287
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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