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FENGYUN 3G, 56232

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 3G, 56232 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 16 Apr 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

56232, 2023-055A

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China's National Satellite Meteorological Centre (CN)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

SAST-3000, Unknown motor

Mass

3,850 kg wet, 3,110 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-04-16 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 6.8 m

Radar Cross Section

27.688 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 3G
1 56232U 23055A   26133.17836701  .00015514  00000-0  24933-3 0  9991
2 56232  49.9917 166.6274 0006005  34.5952 325.5405 15.53138629174560

Epoch: 2026-05-13T04:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-13T04:16:50.909Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-128.52686°

Altitude

404.77 km

Speed

7.671 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 06m 30s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

17:18:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

412.427 km

Perigee altitude

404.276 km

Semi-major axis

6,786.489 km

Eccentricity

0.0006

Inclination

49.9917°

RAAN

166.6274°

Arg. of periapsis

34.5952°

True anomaly

325.50154°

Mean anomaly

325.5405°

Eccentric anomaly

325.52102°

Mean motion

3.88218 °/min

Orbital period

92.73 mins

BSTAR

0.00024933

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FENGYUN 3G Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2026-05-13 10:55:59.497Z	335.443° NNW	2026-05-13 10:56:59.497Z	9.547° NNE	31.925°	2026-05-13 10:59:59.497Z	96.635° ESE
4 mins	2026-05-14 05:11:59.497Z	232.841° WSW	2026-05-14 05:13:59.497Z	63.852° ENE	43.086°	2026-05-14 05:15:59.497Z	56.607° ENE

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FENGYUN 3G, 56232

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-13T04:16:50.909Z)

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