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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

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

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

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, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

6.680 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 2H
1 43491U 18050A   25185.86658560 -.00000114  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 43491   2.1354  83.2513 0001629 111.1933 119.6205  1.00276355 25951

Epoch: 2025-07-04T20:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T20:47:52.995Z)

Latitude

-1.67519°

Longitude

78.98435°

Altitude

35,788.419 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 56m 16s

True Declination

-1° 40' 25"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

1.49327°

Longitude

-108.30211°

Altitude

35,782.039 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 25m 25s

Apparent Declination

-3° 37' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:10:49

Azimuth

353.86° N

Elevation

-53.551°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,793.251 km

Perigee altitude

35,779.514 km

Semi-major axis

42,164.519 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

2.1354°

RAAN

83.2513°

Arg. of periapsis

111.1933°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

119.6205°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25068 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.08 mins

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 2018 (2018-06-05 UTC)

CZ-3A R/B, 43492

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FENGYUN 2H Visibility

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