Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
9663
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: 102.395 minutes
Inclination: 100.2929 deg
SMA: 7250.154 km
Apoapsis: 918.898 km
Periapsis: 825.14 km
RAAN: 178.7942 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0064659
Argument of periapsis: 48.0236 deg
Mean anomaly: 312.6411 deg
Mean motion: 14.06312684 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000962 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00060512 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 8, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 7, 2025, 11:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 47040U 99025FBS 25280.97073600 .00000962 00000-0 60512-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 47040 100.2929 178.7942 0064659 48.0236 312.6411 14.06312684881843
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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