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Satellite · NORAD 32958 · COSPAR 2008-026A

FENGYUN 3A

ActivePayloadLEOWeather derived

Altitude now

836.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.44km/s

Inclination

98.69°

Period

101.4 min

101.4 min

Perigee

821km

Apogee

832km

orbit freshOrbit updated 22 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:01 UTC (10.3 h old)· Metadata updated 22 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of FENGYUN 3AFENGYUN 3A
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Latitude
34.722° N
Longitude
123.021° W
Altitude
836.6 km
Velocity
7.435 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 11:01 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Weather
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
6.6 m²
Constellation membership derived
Fengyun via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • FENGYUN 3ACelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
China National Space Administration
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
27 May 2008
COSPAR launch id
2008-026
Launch site
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 6

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner Code∅ → PRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 19 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 21 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
32958
COSPAR / international designator
2008-026A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P2G
Canonical slug
fengyun-3a-32958

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Weather) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.