Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9556
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.3
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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: 1999-025FBS
Object number (NORAD): 47040
Object ID (CCSDS): 47040
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.407 minutes
Inclination: 100.3088 deg
SMA: 7250.716 km
Apoapsis: 918.989 km
Periapsis: 826.172 km
RAAN: 53.1509 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0064005
Argument of periapsis: 344.7874 deg
Mean anomaly: 15.1364 deg
Mean motion: 14.06149361 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000561 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036866 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 19, 2025, 7:02 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 19, 2025, 9:39 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47040U 99025FBS 25170.40274817 .00000561 00000-0 36866-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 47040 100.3088 53.1509 0064005 344.7874 15.1364 14.06149361866300
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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