FENGYUN 2F

Track FENGYUN 2F now!
FENGYUN 2F is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38049

Int'l Code: 2012-002A

Perigee: 35,774.3 km

Apogee: 35,808.4 km

Inclination: 4.7 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42162 km

RCS: 12.5893 m² (large)

Launch date: January 13, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

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.

1 38049U 12002A   23156.89077037 -.00000350  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 38049   4.6608  76.7729 0004040  77.0613 172.7898  1.00280231 41778

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC