Geostationary
NORAD ID: 38049
Int'l Code: 2012-002A
Perigee: 35,779.0 km
Apogee: 35,813.7 km
Inclination: 0.5 °
Period: 1,436.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 42167 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 14208.88301443 -.00000367 00000-0 10000-3 0 7242
2 38049 000.4589 288.5019 0004103 277.6299 168.8768 01.00262494 9354
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for FENGYUN 2F
