FENGYUN 3C

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FENGYUN 3C is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 39260

Int'l Code: 2013-052A

Perigee: 838.5 km

Apogee: 854.6 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 101.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7217 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   19049.06374221 -.00000026  00000-0  85717-5 0  9991
2 39260  98.6214 111.9652 0011145 164.0294 196.1249 14.15860763279938

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC