FENGYUN 3C, 39260
Orbit data source: Space-Track
FENGYUN 3C, 39260 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 23 Sep 2013 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 Weather
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: 1 day ago
TLE from 1 day ago
0 FENGYUN 3C
1 39260U 13052A 26172.49624285 .00000036 00000-0 39296-4 0 9991
2 39260 98.4988 146.1733 0015000 15.7162 344.4476 14.15755814659172Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:54Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:54:35.382Z)
Latitude
0.00004°
Longitude
57.83019°
Altitude
832.226 km
Speed
7.442 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 44m 41s
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
23:08:02
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
847.719 km
Perigee altitude
826.074 km
Semi-major axis
7,215.033 km
Eccentricity
0.0015
Inclination
98.4988°
RAAN
146.1733°
Arg. of periapsis
15.7162°
True anomaly
344.40143°
Mean anomaly
344.4476°
Eccentric anomaly
344.42452°
Mean motion
3.54149 °/min
Orbital period
101.65 mins
BSTAR
0.000039296
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Other satellites on launch #52 in the year 2013 (2013-09-23 UTC)
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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 12:13:45.862Z | 344.73° N | 2026-06-22 12:17:45.862Z | 291.695° WNW | 23.534° | 2026-06-22 12:21:45.862Z | 241.891° WSW |
| 9 mins | 2026-06-22 21:57:45.862Z | 150.725° SSE | 2026-06-22 22:01:45.862Z | 61.006° ENE | 42.152° | 2026-06-22 22:06:45.862Z | 353.093° N |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-22 23:40:45.862Z | 247.624° W | 2026-06-22 23:42:45.862Z | 272.349° WNW | 14.552° | 2026-06-22 23:44:45.862Z | 296.13° NW |
| 8 mins | 2026-06-23 10:18:45.862Z | 43.806° NE | 2026-06-23 10:21:45.862Z | 86.15° E | 26.542° | 2026-06-23 10:26:45.862Z | 155.387° SSE |
| 6 mins | 2026-06-23 11:59:45.862Z | 341.875° N | 2026-06-23 12:02:45.862Z | 290.643° WNW | 29.388° | 2026-06-23 12:05:45.862Z | 240.88° WSW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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