Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38049
Int'l Code: 2012-002A
Perigee: 35,772.4 km
Apogee: 35,808.3 km
Inclination: 0.7 °
Period: 1,435.9 minutes
Semi major axis: 42161 km
Launch date: January 13, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Comments: Fengyun 2F will enter service for the China Meteorological Administration. The spacecraft will collect real-time weather imagery every 15 minutes for forecasters in China and neighboring countries. The satellite will position itself over the equator at 112 degrees east longitude. Fengyun 2F will begin its operational life as a backup satellite, serving with other weather satellites launched in 2006 and 2008. Fengyun 2F features improvements over earlier Fengyun 2-series satellites, including an extension of its design life to four years. The craft carries instruments for visible and infrared high-resolution cloud imagery and for monitoring space weather.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 38049U 12002A 14068.78349277 -.00000378 00000-0 10000-3 0 5916
2 38049 000.7337 282.5732 0004256 255.0475 023.4647 01.00283920 7941
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for FENGYUN 2F
