FENGYUN 3C

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FENGYUN 3C is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 39260

Int'l Code: 2013-052A

Perigee: 836.6 km

Apogee: 854.1 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 101.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7216 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 23, 2013
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

FENGYUN 3C is the third in China's second-generation series of polar-orbiting weather satellites. Its launch came after nearly identical satellites were put in orbit in 2008 and 2010. FENGYUN 3C will make global three-dimensional measurements of Earth's atmosphere, returning data on cloud cover, temperatures, moisture, snow and ice cover, rainfall, ozone, and the sun's influence on the climate, according to a website maintained by the China Meteorological Administration. Observations from the satellite will feed data parameters into numerical medium-range computer models, monitor climate changes, supply information for Chinese military weather forecasts, and help officials respond to natural disasters, the website said.

1 39260U 13052A   24139.14034232  .00000333  00000-0  18862-3 0  9996
2 39260  98.4286 140.3405 0012137  57.5710 302.6637 14.16201909551073

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC