FENGYUN 3C

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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: 98.4552 deg

SMA: 7218.295 km

Apoapsis: 850.031 km

Periapsis: 830.289 km

RAAN: 172.5145 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0013675

Argument of periapsis: 303.5046 deg

Mean anomaly: 56.4822 deg

Mean motion: 14.15633363 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000066 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0000548 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 11:06 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:53 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 3C

TLE line 1: 1 39260U 13052A 25186.87025620 .00000066 00000-0 54800-4 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 39260 98.4552 172.5145 0013675 303.5046 56.4822 14.15633363609639

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Associated 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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Launch to space Long March 4C | Fengyun-3C
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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