Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9714
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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: 1999-025EZM
Object number (NORAD): 46987
Object ID (CCSDS): 46987
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.301 minutes
Inclination: 98.8939 deg
SMA: 7150.954 km
Apoapsis: 800.919 km
Periapsis: 744.719 km
RAAN: 125.6966 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00392952
Argument of periapsis: 263.8981 deg
Mean anomaly: 95.7726 deg
Mean motion: 14.35677215 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001179 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0040578221 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Jan. 8, 2025, 1:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 46987U 99025EZM 25008.57873667 .00011790 00000-0 40578-2 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 46987 98.8939 125.6966 0039295 263.8981 95.7726 14.35677215524741
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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