Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9496
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
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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: 1999-025ETR
Object number (NORAD): 38724
Object ID (CCSDS): 38724
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.024 minutes
Inclination: 98.7397 deg
SMA: 7232.627 km
Apoapsis: 946.878 km
Periapsis: 762.107 km
RAAN: 142.3189 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0127734
Argument of periapsis: 334.5968 deg
Mean anomaly: 24.896 deg
Mean motion: 14.1142765 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00007085 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0036427 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 6 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38724U 99025ETR 25128.25050990 .00007085 00000-0 36427-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38724 98.7397 142.3189 0127734 334.5968 24.8960 14.11427650535394
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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