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FENGYUN 3E, 49008

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 3E, 49008 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 04 Jul 2021 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

49008, 2021-062A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 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)

2021-07-04 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

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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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 3E
1 49008U 21062A   25197.56224476 -.00000016  00000-0  13226-4 0  9998
2 49008  98.7424 199.8417 0001611  20.7731 339.3510 14.19869796208953

Epoch: 2025-07-16T13:29Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-16T13:29:37.947Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

62.79297°

Altitude

827.62 km

Speed

7.44 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 19m 22s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-44.49846°

Longitude

-125.59985°

Altitude

843.963 km

Speed

7.429 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 35m 06s

Apparent Declination

-47° 24' 58"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

08:16:30

Azimuth

241.656° WSW

Elevation

-64.081°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

824.114 km

Perigee altitude

821.793 km

Semi-major axis

7,201.091 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

98.7424°

RAAN

199.8417°

Arg. of periapsis

20.7731°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

339.351°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.55178 °/min

Orbital period

101.36 mins

BSTAR

0.000013226

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Other satellites on launch #62 in the year 2021 (2021-07-04 UTC)

OBJECT B, 49009 (Decayed)

CZ-4C R/B, 49010

OBJECT D, 49024

OBJECT E, 49047

FENGYUN 3E Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
9 mins	2025-07-16 23:45:25.104Z	148.582° SSE	2025-07-16 23:50:25.104Z	60.138° ENE	40.071°	2025-07-16 23:54:25.104Z	357.347° N
5 mins	2025-07-17 01:28:25.104Z	238.728° WSW	2025-07-17 01:30:25.104Z	263.879° W	16.366°	2025-07-17 01:33:25.104Z	301.445° NW
7 mins	2025-07-17 12:05:25.104Z	49.379° ENE	2025-07-17 12:08:25.104Z	90.563° ESE	22.466°	2025-07-17 12:12:25.104Z	144.523° SSE
8 mins	2025-07-17 13:45:25.104Z	351.333° N	2025-07-17 13:49:25.104Z	277.157° WNW	32.767°	2025-07-17 13:53:25.104Z	224.366° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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