FENGYUN 3E

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FENGYUN 3E is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 49008

Int'l Code: 2021-063A

Perigee: 831.6 km

Apogee: 835.4 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 101.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7204 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: July 4, 2021
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

FENGYUN 3E (FY-3E) is part of the Fengyun-3 series of Chinese meteorological satellites. Equipped with 11 remote sensing payloads, FY-3E is the fifth in the series and the third operational satellite. The satellite is designed to serve for eight years. It will provide atmospheric temperature, humidity, and other meteorological related parameters, which will contribute to China’s weather forecast capacity. FY-3E will monitor the global coverage of snow and ice, sea surface temperature, natural disasters, and many more. The satellite will also surveil solar and space environments and their impacts, as well as ionospheric data.

1 49008U 21062A   23268.93591838  .00000071  00000-0  54484-4 0  9996
2 49008  98.7274 268.8929 0002669  81.3795 278.7683 14.19698512115352

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC