FENGYUN 3A, 32958
Orbit data source: Space-Track
FENGYUN 3A, 32958 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 27 May 2008 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft 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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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SISE
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
FY-3, Unknown motor
Mass
2,200 kg wet, 2,130 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
15.104 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago
TLE from 2 days ago
0 FENGYUN 3A
1 32958U 08026A 26171.43054098 .00000055 00000-0 46755-4 0 9994
2 32958 98.6883 112.2031 0009703 115.2254 244.9929 14.19571712935868Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:19Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-20T10:19:58.740Z)
Latitude
-0.00005°
Longitude
48.56308°
Altitude
832.678 km
Speed
7.435 km/s
True Right ascension
07h 28m 48s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
00:29:10
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
830.948 km
Perigee altitude
816.972 km
Semi-major axis
7,202.097 km
Eccentricity
0.00097
Inclination
98.6883°
RAAN
112.2031°
Arg. of periapsis
115.2254°
True anomaly
244.89219°
Mean anomaly
244.9929°
Eccentric anomaly
244.94254°
Mean motion
3.55103 °/min
Orbital period
101.38 mins
BSTAR
0.000046755
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Other satellites on launch #26 in the year 2008 (2008-05-27 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.FENGYUN 3A Visibility forecast
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Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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| 8 mins | 2026-06-22 19:58:39.753Z | 162.122° S | 2026-06-22 20:02:39.753Z | 7.58° NNE | 44.246° | 2026-06-22 20:06:39.753Z | 347.987° N |
| 8 mins | 2026-06-23 08:17:39.753Z | 40.757° NE | 2026-06-23 08:20:39.753Z | 88.468° E | 30.339° | 2026-06-23 08:25:39.753Z | 162.783° S |
| 7 mins | 2026-06-23 09:57:39.753Z | 343.306° N | 2026-06-23 10:00:39.753Z | 301.778° NW | 24.942° | 2026-06-23 10:04:39.753Z | 242.625° WSW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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