Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9613
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: 101.93 minutes
Inclination: 98.7407 deg
SMA: 7228.159 km
Apoapsis: 943.325 km
Periapsis: 756.722 km
RAAN: 252.2637 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01290806
Argument of periapsis: 14.2646 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.2117 deg
Mean motion: 14.12736705 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011257 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0056188493 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 29, 2025, 9:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38724U 99025ETR 25240.98851633 .00011257 00000-0 56188-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38724 98.7407 252.2637 0129081 14.2646 346.2117 14.12736705551306
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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