YUNHAI 1

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YUNHAI 1 is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 41857

Int'l Code: 2016-068A

Perigee: 777.9 km

Apogee: 802.2 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 100.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7161 km

RCS: Unknown

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   21269.73914993  .00000153  00000-0  72185-4 0  9997
2 41857  98.5770 269.4978 0017018  48.0539 312.2090 14.32642390254871

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC