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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4CLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Fengyun-3C
Launched
September 23, 2013
Summary
Fengyun-3C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4C from Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 23, 2013. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 127th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 5,322nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Long March 4C flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Feng Yun 3C, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 809 × 823 km orbit inclined 98.8°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 12th Long March 4C flight · 3rd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 127th launch7th this yearhumanity's 5,322nd orbital launch attempt54th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Feng Yun 3C · NORAD 39260 · 2013-052 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-052A
- Epoch
- 2013-09-23 04:14:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.24945068 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009854
- Inclination
- 98.806°
- Ascending node
- 334.6903°
- Arg. of perigee
- 204.186°
- Mean anomaly
- 154.8744°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; 6 still in orbit
- Feng Yun 3C · NORAD 39260 · in orbit
CZ-4C Y12 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Fengyun-3C is a Chinese polar-orbiting meteorological satellite operated by the China Meteorological Administration, carrying imaging, sounding and GNSS radio-occultation instruments.
Pad
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
12th launch from Launch Complex 9, 2nd this year · 46th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
80 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
65 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Fengyun-3C launch?
Fengyun-3C launched on September 23, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Fengyun-3C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Fengyun-3C?
Long March 4C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4C spec sheet
Where did Fengyun-3C launch from?
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Fengyun-3C reach?
Feng Yun 3C, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 809 × 823 km orbit inclined 98.8°.
How many satellites did Fengyun-3C launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).