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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SISE
Mission
Operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
FY-4, LAE?
Mass
5,380 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
24.437 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 FENGYUN 4A
1 41882U 16077A 25242.90748906 -.00000353 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
2 41882 1.5781 83.4287 0006251 162.4895 183.8639 1.00272315 32013Epoch: 2025-08-30T21:46Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-30T21:46:47.054Z)
Latitude
-0.38975°
Longitude
123.74473°
Altitude
35,812.182 km
Speed
3.073 km/s
True Right ascension
04h 39m 06s
True Declination
0° 23' 22"
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
19:54:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,813.873 km
Perigee altitude
35,761.158 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.653 km
Eccentricity
0.00063
Inclination
1.5781°
RAAN
83.4287°
Arg. of periapsis
162.4895°
True anomaly
183.85908°
Mean anomaly
183.8639°
Eccentric anomaly
183.86149°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.14 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #77 in the year 2016 (2016-12-10 UTC)
FENGYUN 4A Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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