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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SISE
Mission
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, 1.8 m
Radar Cross Section
6.680 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago
TLE from 13 hours ago
0 FENGYUN 2H
1 43491U 18050A 26318.03146867 -.00000116 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999
2 43491 3.4093 77.2049 0002241 160.2032 266.0875 1.00277469 30940Epoch: 2026-11-14T00:45Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-14T00:45:18.893Z)
Latitude
3.11528°
Longitude
78.93638°
Altitude
35,784.804 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
09h 33m 37s
True Declination
3° 06' 44"
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
10:41:37
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,795.515 km
Perigee altitude
35,776.617 km
Semi-major axis
42,164.203 km
Eccentricity
0.00022
Inclination
3.4093°
RAAN
77.2049°
Arg. of periapsis
160.2032°
True anomaly
266.06188°
Mean anomaly
266.0875°
Eccentric anomaly
266.07469°
Mean motion
0.25068 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.07 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 2018 (2018-06-05 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 2H Visibility
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