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FENGYUN 3G — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 56232)
Track FENGYUN 3G (NORAD catalog number 56232) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It has been on orbit since 2023, launched on the 55th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2023-055A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 19,276 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.67 km/s, FENGYUN 3G flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 406 × 423 km, completing one revolution every 92.7 minutes — about 15.5 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0012). Inclined 50.0° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 50° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 282.8°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 5.16° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~406 km × 423 km |
| Inclination | 49.99° |
| Orbital period | 92.7 min (15.53 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00122 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-055A |
| NORAD catalog number | 56232 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Other Active Satellites group
FENGYUN 3G's name places it among WatchSat's 36 weather and environmental-monitoring satellites — a family that includes the NOAA, GOES, METEOSAT, METOP, FENGYUN, HIMAWARI and DMSP fleets. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see FENGYUN 3G from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, FENGYUN 3G is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of FENGYUN 3G in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- AAC-HSI-SAT1 (NORAD 56225)
- GHGSAT-C7 (NORAD 56209)
- GHGSAT-C6 (NORAD 56204)
- NUSAT-37 (JOAN CLARKE) (NORAD 56203)
- NUSAT-38 (MARIA AGNESI) (NORAD 56202)
- NUSAT-39 (TIKVAH ALPER) (NORAD 56201)
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