FENGYUN 2F, 38049
Orbit data source: Space-Track
FENGYUN 2F, 38049 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 13 Jan 2012 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3A 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SISE
Mission
Non-operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
FY-2, SHANXI AKM
Mass
1,390 kg wet, ~600 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl, 1.5 m
Radar Cross Section
6.680 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 15 hours ago
TLE from 15 hours ago
0 FENGYUN 2F
1 38049U 12002A 26133.76516358 .00000027 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 38049 7.4864 66.5391 0001838 194.8851 329.4901 0.99134191 52463Epoch: 2026-05-13T18:21Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-13T18:21:50.133Z)
Latitude
1.9953°
Longitude
84.04439°
Altitude
36,101.069 km
Speed
3.064 km/s
True Right ascension
15h 24m 05s
True Declination
1° 59' 36"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
17:33:43
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,117.395 km
Perigee altitude
36,101.777 km
Semi-major axis
42,487.723 km
Eccentricity
0.00018
Inclination
7.4864°
RAAN
66.5391°
Arg. of periapsis
194.8851°
True anomaly
329.47941°
Mean anomaly
329.4901°
Eccentric anomaly
329.48475°
Mean motion
0.24783 °/min
Orbital period
1,452.63 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2012 (2012-01-13 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.FENGYUN 2F Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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