FENGYUN 2H

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FENGYUN 2H is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 43491

Int'l Code: 2018-050A

Perigee: 35,784.3 km

Apogee: 35,806.0 km

Inclination: 2.7 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42166 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   26027.87021602 -.00000120  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 43491   2.6672  80.8152 0002567 178.9509 259.6210  1.00266711 28031

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC