Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9615
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025EWU
Object number (NORAD): 40688
Object ID (CCSDS): 40688
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.07 minutes
Inclination: 98.9602 deg
SMA: 7328.997 km
Apoapsis: 1054.617 km
Periapsis: 847.106 km
RAAN: 40.8099 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01415688
Argument of periapsis: 300.7984 deg
Mean anomaly: 57.9301 deg
Mean motion: 13.83681 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000652 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00058191171 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 4:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40688U 99025EWU 25246.67000954 .00000652 00000-0 58191-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 40688 98.9602 40.8099 0141569 300.7984 57.9301 13.83681000285335
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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