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FENGYUN 3D
Polar Weather / Climate · CMA / CNSA
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FY-3D introduced China's first space-based hyperspectral greenhouse gas monitor, measuring CO2 and methane from orbit. Its atmospheric soundings feed China's rapidly improving global weather models — now matching European and American models in accuracy over China and neighboring regions, a remarkable advance achieved in under a decade.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 515–517 mi (829–832 km)
- Inclination
- 99.0°
- One orbit
- 101.4 minutes14.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43010
- Int’l designator
- 2017-072A
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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