YUNHAI 1

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YUNHAI 1 is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 41857

Int'l Code: 2016-068A

Launch date: November 11, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

YUNHAI 1 is a Chinese polar-orbiting weather designed to take data on the atmosphere and seas. Yunhai means 'cloud-sea' in Chinese, and the new weather satellite is orbiting at an altitude of more than 466 miles (750 kilometers) at an inclination of 98.4 degrees. YUNHAI 1 satellite will be used for observation of atmospheric, marine and space environment, disaster prevention and mitigation, and scientific experiments. The spacecraft was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.

1 41857U 16068A   26248.48294312  .00000530  00000-0  21177-3 0  9990
2 41857  98.5876 258.7565 0003587 135.8430 224.3041 14.32510187513327

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC