Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9611
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 1999-025EZL
Object number (NORAD): 46986
Object ID (CCSDS): 46986
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.541 minutes
Inclination: 98.2503 deg
SMA: 7114.789 km
Apoapsis: 812.318 km
Periapsis: 660.991 km
RAAN: 268.8057 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01063465
Argument of periapsis: 170.2664 deg
Mean anomaly: 190.0624 deg
Mean motion: 14.46637437 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001936 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00051174593 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 31, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 30, 2025, 7:41 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46986U 99025EZL 25242.32079204 .00001936 00000-0 51175-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 46986 98.2503 268.8057 0106346 170.2664 190.0624 14.46637437618905
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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