FENGYUN 1C, 25730
Orbit data source: Space-Track
FENGYUN 1C, 25730 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 10 May 1999 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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FENGYUN 1C details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 11 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | SISE |
| Mission status | Non-operational |
| Mission | Civil Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | FY-1, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 958 kg wet, ~958 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.24 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 11 hours ago
0 FENGYUN 1C
1 25730U 99025A 24261.42985471 .00023996 00000-0 10836-1 0 9995
2 25730 98.9359 315.2653 0013242 273.4172 99.0153 14.21997811307410Epoch: 2024-09-17T10:18Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-09-17T10:18:59.446Z)
| Latitude | 12.38718° |
| Longitude | 161.70441° |
| Altitude | 822.262 km |
| Speed | 7.442 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 20h 53m 11s |
| True Declination | 12° 18' 57" |
| Sunlit | Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
| Latitude | -4.46758° |
| Longitude | -16.5656° |
| Altitude | 821.741 km |
| Speed | 7.442 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 06h 26m 25s |
| Apparent Declination | -31° 10' 49" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
| Local Sidereal Time | 14:04:03 |
| Azimuth | 257.675° W |
| Elevation | -37.113° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee | 825.297 km |
| Perigee | 806.245 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,193.908 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0013242 |
| Inclination | 98.9359° |
| RAAN | 315.2653° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 273.4172° |
| True anomaly | 99.16513° |
| Mean anomaly | 99.0153° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 99.09022° |
| Mean motion | 3.5571 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.010836 |
| Period | 101.21 mins |
No data available
Other satellites on launch #25 in the year 1999 (1999-05-10 UTC)
FENGYUN 1C Visibility forecast
Observer location: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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