Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9499
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 1999-025ETB
Object number (NORAD): 38516
Object ID (CCSDS): 38516
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.43 minutes
Inclination: 98.4231 deg
SMA: 7157.092 km
Apoapsis: 859.128 km
Periapsis: 698.786 km
RAAN: 120.4454 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0112016
Argument of periapsis: 46.512 deg
Mean anomaly: 314.5312 deg
Mean motion: 14.33830673 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000488 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017823 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 4:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38516U 99025ETB 25131.20261555 .00000488 00000-0 17823-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 38516 98.4231 120.4454 0112016 46.5120 314.5312 14.33830673817846
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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