FENGYUN 2H

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FENGYUN 2H is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 43491

Int'l Code: 2018-050A

Perigee: 35,781.5 km

Apogee: 35,806.3 km

Inclination: 2.5 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 5, 2018
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

FENGYUN-2H is the eighth and final of the Fengyun-2 series of spin-stabilized weather satellites for geostationary orbit, development of which began in the 1980s under CASC. The satellite is equipped with a Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (S-VISSR) for multi-purpose weather satellite imagery, a Space Environment Monitor (SEM), a Solar X-ray Monitor (SXM) and Data Collection Service (DCS).

1 43491U 18050A   25338.73035601 -.00000117  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 43491   2.5288  81.4192 0002941 163.5881 171.0799  1.00271307 27487

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC