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, 1.5 m
Radar Cross Section
6.680 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago
TLE from 19 hours ago
0 FENGYUN 2H
1 43491U 18050A 26137.82827684 -.00000125 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
2 43491 2.9529 79.4118 0001750 146.7520 26.9677 1.00272292 29135Epoch: 2026-05-17T19:52Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-17T19:52:43.118Z)
Latitude
0.30264°
Longitude
79.43946°
Altitude
35,779.291 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
16h 52m 34s
True Declination
0° 18' 08"
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
23:45:53
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,794.898 km
Perigee altitude
35,780.14 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.656 km
Eccentricity
0.00018
Inclination
2.9529°
RAAN
79.4118°
Arg. of periapsis
146.752°
True anomaly
26.9768°
Mean anomaly
26.9677°
Eccentric anomaly
26.97225°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.14 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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