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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

2 days 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 2 days ago

0 FENGYUN 2B
1 26382U 00032A   25118.44470802 -.00000025  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 26382  12.8620  19.8934 0002053 294.6597 307.8106  1.00070293 90778

Epoch: 2025-04-28T10:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T10:40:22.772Z)

Latitude

-11.39929°

Longitude

-114.99757°

Altitude

35,839.73 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 27m 01s

True Declination

-11° 23' 17"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-9.15465°

Longitude

-132.10718°

Altitude

35,841.303 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 12m 33s

Apparent Declination

-16° 17' 23"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:04:17

Azimuth

194.758° SSW

Elevation

32.516°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,852.835 km

Perigee altitude

35,835.498 km

Semi-major axis

42,222.304 km

Eccentricity

0.0002053

Inclination

12.862°

RAAN

19.8934°

Arg. of periapsis

294.6597°

True anomaly

307.79201°

Mean anomaly

307.8106°

Eccentric anomaly

307.80131°

Mean motion

0.25017 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1439.04 mins

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Other satellites on launch #32 in the year 2000 (2000-06-25 UTC)

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	2025-04-30 09:30:25.677Z	194.753° SSW	2025-05-01 00:36:25.677Z	202.898° SW	39.813°	2025-05-01 09:30:25.677Z	195.653° SSW

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