Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9658
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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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: 1999-025ESZ
Object number (NORAD): 38514
Object ID (CCSDS): 38514
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.906 minutes
Inclination: 98.0571 deg
SMA: 7227.051 km
Apoapsis: 1053.229 km
Periapsis: 644.604 km
RAAN: 324.9203 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0282705
Argument of periapsis: 179.0849 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.0903 deg
Mean motion: 14.13061488 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00022233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0081289 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 17, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 16, 2025, 8:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38514U 99025ESZ 25289.86928296 .00022233 00000-0 81289-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 38514 98.0571 324.9203 0282705 179.0849 181.0903 14.13061488871923
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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