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FENGYUN 3D, 43010

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 3D, 43010 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 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

43010, 2017-072A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

China's National Satellite Meteorological Centre (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

FY-3, Unknown motor

Mass

2,450 kg wet, 2,250 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-11-14 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

15.104 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 3D
1 43010U 17072A   25184.21314776  .00000060  00000-0  50141-4 0  9997
2 43010  98.9632 148.3214 0001424  13.9256 346.1958 14.19635430395477

Epoch: 2025-07-03T05:06Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T05:06:55.966Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

150.10509°

Altitude

828.495 km

Speed

7.439 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 53m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

37.87946°

Longitude

-22.57139°

Altitude

832.437 km

Speed

7.44 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 25m 33s

Apparent Declination

6° 52' 05"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:19:28

Azimuth

274.311° WNW

Elevation

5.562°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

824.783 km

Perigee altitude

822.732 km

Semi-major axis

7,201.894 km

Eccentricity

0.00014

Inclination

98.9632°

RAAN

148.3214°

Arg. of periapsis

13.9256°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

346.1958°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.55118 °/min

Orbital period

101.37 mins

BSTAR

0.000050141

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FENGYUN 3D 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.
8 mins	2025-07-03 20:28:47.603Z	116.506° SE	2025-07-03 20:32:47.603Z	67.093° ENE	22.452°	2025-07-03 20:36:47.603Z	14.848° NNE
9 mins	2025-07-03 22:08:47.603Z	194.502° SSW	2025-07-03 22:12:47.603Z	259.562° W	34.231°	2025-07-03 22:17:47.603Z	331.676° NNW
9 mins	2025-07-04 10:27:47.603Z	17.996° NNE	2025-07-04 10:31:47.603Z	125.204° SE	44.427°	2025-07-04 10:36:47.603Z	190.69° SSW

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