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Designator id: 2008-026A

Description of FENGYUN 3A Satellite:

Fengyun 3A sometimes listed as FY 3A, is a Chinese (PRC) weather satellite that was launched by a Long March 4C rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi province at 03:02 UT on 27 May 2008. The triaxially-stabilized 4.4 m x 2.0 m x 2.0 m, 2.2 tonne, 1.1 kW craft carries weather probes in visible, infrared, and microwave bands for global mapping, as well as for managing the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

In addition, Fengyun 3A carries, an ozone mapper/profiler, a radiation budget monitor, and a space environment probe to monitor energetic particle fluxes.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2008-05-27
Launch Vehicle: Long March 4C
Launch Site: Taiyuan, Peoples Republic of China

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Peoples Republic of China)

Disciplines:
Earth Science
Space Physics

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 32958U 08026A   12339.12855270  .00000080  00000-0  58340-4 0  4730
2 32958 098.6333 043.5440 0010393 036.3334 323.8544 14.19314988234397

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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