FENGYUN 1C DEB

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.

Uptime

9714

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.9

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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: 1999-025EUD

Object number (NORAD): 38789

Object ID (CCSDS): 38789

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.6 minutes

Inclination: 98.8559 deg

SMA: 7117.611 km

Apoapsis: 887.493 km

Periapsis: 591.458 km

RAAN: 229.8858 deg

Eccentricy: 0.02079599

Argument of periapsis: 33.6569 deg

Mean anomaly: 29.055 deg

Mean motion: 14.45777362 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004156 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00090846035 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 10, 2025, 10:40 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 9, 2025, 10:24 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38789U 99025EUD 25343.93392657 .00004156 00000-0 90846-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 38789 98.8559 229.8858 0207960 33.6569 29.0550 14.45777362618056

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.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2025-06-26 06:22:54 0.000139502 151.0 (m) DEBRIS
IRIDIUM 33 DEB LEO 2024-11-17 02:24:31 0.0002738604 858.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-11-13 21:04:49 0.0001684791 825.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-6A DEB LEO 2024-10-11 06:27:01 0.000173716 475.0 (m) DEBRIS
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2024-09-27 20:48:57 0.0003132928 854.0 (m) DEBRIS

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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Launch to space Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
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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