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FENGYUN 2H, 43491

Orbit data source: Space-Track

FENGYUN 2H, 43491 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Tue, 05 Jun 2018 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

43491, 2018-050A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China's National Satellite Meteorological Centre (CN)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

FY-2, SHANXI AKM

Mass

1,390 kg wet, ~600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-06-05 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3A

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

6.680 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 2H
1 43491U 18050A   25259.59941875 -.00000147  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 43491   2.3220  82.3187 0002961 136.5522  71.9291  1.00269142 26690

Epoch: 2025-09-16T14:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-16T14:23:09.78Z)

Latitude

-1.093°

Longitude

79.23295°

Altitude

35,783.162 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 23m 14s

True Declination

-1° 05' 31"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

22:28:24

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,800.889 km

Perigee altitude

35,775.918 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.541 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

2.322°

RAAN

82.3187°

Arg. of periapsis

136.5522°

True anomaly

71.96136°

Mean anomaly

71.9291°

Eccentric anomaly

71.94523°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.19 mins

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FENGYUN 2H, 43491

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