Weather
NORAD ID: 28451
Int'l Code: 2004-042A
Perigee: 35,787.4 km
Apogee: 35,804.1 km
Inclination: 4.7 °
Period: 1,436.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42166 km
Launch date: October 19, 2004
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: Five radiometer scanning channels; enhanced capacity for the quantitative observation of typhoons, precipitation, sea temperature, clouds, solar radiation and space particles.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28451U 04042A 13139.87276611 -.00000356 00000-0 10000-3 0 6856
2 28451 004.6815 062.7030 0001977 077.0579 175.5038 01.00264564 31419
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for FENGYUN 2C
