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FENGYUN 2B, 26382

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 2B, 26382 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 25 Jun 2000 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3 launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

26382, 2000-032A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

China's National Satellite Meteorological Centre (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

FY-2, SHANXI AKM

Mass

651 kg wet, ~600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2000-06-25 (25 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

6.680 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 FENGYUN 2B
1 26382U 00032A   25128.28683980  .00000019  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 26382  12.8715  19.8254 0001921 291.4744 256.7940  1.00071840 90878

Epoch: 2025-05-08T06:53Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T06:53:02.958Z)

Latitude

-1.84814°

Longitude

-121.73921°

Altitude

35,844.386 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 51m 31s

True Declination

-1° 50' 47"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-6.33283°

Longitude

21.10944°

Altitude

35,836.993 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 14m 14s

Apparent Declination

-13° 09' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:30:01

Azimuth

202.438° SSW

Elevation

34.072°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,851.842 km

Perigee altitude

35,835.621 km

Semi-major axis

42,221.868 km

Eccentricity

0.0001921

Inclination

12.8715°

RAAN

19.8254°

Arg. of periapsis

291.4744°

True anomaly

256.77257°

Mean anomaly

256.794°

Eccentric anomaly

256.78329°

Mean motion

0.25017 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1439.02 mins

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CZ-3A R/B, 26383

FENGYUN 2B AKM, 26460

FENGYUN 2B Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-05-09 16:19:33.791Z	202.43° SSW	2025-05-10 00:30:33.791Z	214.658° SW	38.872°	2025-05-10 16:19:33.791Z	203.366° SW

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