FENGYUN 3E

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FENGYUN 3E is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 49008

Int'l Code: 2021-063A

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   26251.00015919 -.00000078  00000-0 -16059-4 0  9995
2 49008  98.7549 253.5015 0001269 165.2650 194.8564 14.19909591268336

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC