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FENGYUN 4A, 41882

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 4A, 41882 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 10 Dec 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B 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

41882, 2016-077A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

FY-4, LAE?

Mass

5,380 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-12-10 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

24.437 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 4A
1 41882U 16077A   25186.93179913 -.00000342  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 41882   1.4388  84.1099 0006669 165.2274 133.9235  1.00267242 31457

Epoch: 2025-07-05T22:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T22:21:47.444Z)

Latitude

-1.25406°

Longitude

123.71706°

Altitude

35,807.023 km

Speed

3.073 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 33m 18s

True Declination

-1° 15' 10"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

1.43819°

Longitude

-79.01692°

Altitude

35,777.12 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 43m 49s

Apparent Declination

-3° 47' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:47:35

Azimuth

300.544° NW

Elevation

-36.325°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,817.059 km

Perigee altitude

35,760.817 km

Semi-major axis

42,167.075 km

Eccentricity

0.00067

Inclination

1.4388°

RAAN

84.1099°

Arg. of periapsis

165.2274°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

133.9235°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.22 mins

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