Weather
FENGYUN 1C
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
FENGYUN 1C is a China weather satellite, launched on May 10, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 10, 1999 at 01:33 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Feng Yun 1C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 809 km
- Periapsis
- 795 km
- Inclination
- 98.86°
- Orbital period
- 100.91 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 958 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-025A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25730
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 0.2267 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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