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FENGYUN 3H
Polar Weather · CMA / CNSA
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The most advanced Fengyun-3 polar satellite, FY-3H carries upgraded microwave and ozone instruments. Each successive Fengyun-3 demonstrates China's growing mastery — from copying Western instruments to pioneering unique orbital strategies like FY-3E's dawn-dusk orbit that no other nation has attempted operationally.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 515–516 mi (829–831 km)
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- One orbit
- 101.4 minutes14.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 65815
- Int’l designator
- 2025-219A
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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