FENGYUN 3A

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 3A at a glance.

Uptime

6249

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.2

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 3A.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: FENGYUN 3A

International designator: 2008-026A

Object number (NORAD): 32958

Object ID (CCSDS): 32958

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 101.448 minutes

Inclination: 98.6484 deg

SMA: 7205.343 km

Apoapsis: 834.156 km

Periapsis: 820.261 km

RAAN: 129.8656 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0009642

Argument of periapsis: 50.9732 deg

Mean anomaly: 309.2302 deg

Mean motion: 14.19452152 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000071 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000054164 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 5:57 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 3A

TLE line 1: 1 32958U 08026A 25186.74794400 .00000071 00000-0 54164-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 32958 98.6484 129.8656 0009642 50.9732 309.2302 14.19452152886366

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 3A.

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Associated space launch

Chinese 2nd generation polar orbiting meteorological satellite

FENGYUN 3A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Feng Yun 3A’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.

The launch took place on May 27, 2008, 3:02 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.

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Launch to space Long March 4C | Feng Yun 3A
Long March 4C | Feng Yun 3A

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 27, 2008, 3:02 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4C

Launch pad: Launch Complex 7

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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