Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 1C DEB * at a glance.
Uptime
9717
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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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: 1999-025FBU
Object number (NORAD): 47042
Object ID (CCSDS): 47042
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.206 minutes
Inclination: 99.0019 deg
SMA: 7193.901 km
Apoapsis: 855.475 km
Periapsis: 776.057 km
RAAN: 247.5376 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00551983
Argument of periapsis: 25.421 deg
Mean anomaly: 38.0688 deg
Mean motion: 14.2284009 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000548 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002606593 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 16, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 15, 2025, 11:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1C DEB *
TLE line 1: 1 47042U 99025FBU 25349.96189995 .00000548 00000-0 26066-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 47042 99.0019 247.5376 0055198 25.4210 38.0688 14.22840090625672
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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