Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 3C at a glance.
Uptime
4304
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 3C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FENGYUN 3C
International designator: 2013-052A
Object number (NORAD): 39260
Object ID (CCSDS): 39260
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.721 minutes
Inclination: 98.4551 deg
SMA: 7218.296 km
Apoapsis: 850.058 km
Periapsis: 830.264 km
RAAN: 171.5754 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013711
Argument of periapsis: 306.5594 deg
Mean anomaly: 53.4318 deg
Mean motion: 14.15633127 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000049 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00004582 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 9:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 3C
TLE line 1: 1 39260U 13052A 25185.88074101 .00000049 00000-0 45820-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 39260 98.4551 171.5754 0013711 306.5594 53.4318 14.15633127609494
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 3C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
FENGYUN 3C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3C’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 23, 2013, 3:07 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Fengyun-3C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 23, 2013, 3:07 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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