Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9495
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
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: 1999-025EXC
Object number (NORAD): 40696
Object ID (CCSDS): 40696
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.106 minutes
Inclination: 98.9395 deg
SMA: 7283.679 km
Apoapsis: 962.917 km
Periapsis: 848.17 km
RAAN: 114.5814 deg
Eccentricy: 0.007877
Argument of periapsis: 256.1246 deg
Mean anomaly: 103.1144 deg
Mean motion: 13.96614648 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000513 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00039156 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 2, 2025, 2:33 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 1, 2025, 4:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 40696U 99025EXC 25121.69687824 .00000513 00000-0 39156-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 40696 98.9395 114.5814 0078770 256.1246 103.1144 13.96614648525384
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.
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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