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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China's National Satellite Meteorological Centre (CN)

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, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

15.104 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 3D
1 43010U 17072A   26126.21471844  .00000024  00000-0  33190-4 0  9999
2 43010  99.0110  99.8857 0001864 132.3759 227.7575 14.19730054439033

Epoch: 2026-05-06T05:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T05:09:11.673Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

158.50864°

Altitude

830.073 km

Speed

7.437 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 39m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

19:55:25

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

824.782 km

Perigee altitude

822.097 km

Semi-major axis

7,201.576 km

Eccentricity

0.00019

Inclination

99.011°

RAAN

99.8857°

Arg. of periapsis

132.3759°

True anomaly

227.74169°

Mean anomaly

227.7575°

Eccentric anomaly

227.74959°

Mean motion

3.55142 °/min

Orbital period

101.37 mins

BSTAR

0.00003319

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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.
6 mins	2026-05-06 12:29:27.949Z	338.852° N	2026-05-06 12:32:27.949Z	303.742° NW	17.628°	2026-05-06 12:35:27.949Z	264.425° W
9 mins	2026-05-06 22:11:27.949Z	166.5° S	2026-05-06 22:15:27.949Z	287.022° WNW	44.934°	2026-05-06 22:20:27.949Z	345.294° N
8 mins	2026-05-07 10:30:27.949Z	37.425° NE	2026-05-07 10:34:27.949Z	106.989° ESE	31.759°	2026-05-07 10:38:27.949Z	163.451° S

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FENGYUN 3D, 43010

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-06T05:09:11.673Z)

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