Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9553
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: 99.55 minutes
Inclination: 98.2515 deg
SMA: 7115.219 km
Apoapsis: 812.213 km
Periapsis: 661.955 km
RAAN: 213.7423 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0105589
Argument of periapsis: 344.0117 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.7751 deg
Mean motion: 14.46506361 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001124 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030376 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 7:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46986U 99025EZL 25185.80914389 .00001124 00000-0 30376-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 46986 98.2515 213.7423 0105589 344.0117 15.7751 14.46506361959257
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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