FENGYUN 4A

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FENGYUN 4A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41882

Int'l Code: 2016-077A

Perigee: 35,782.2 km

Apogee: 35,808.1 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42166 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 10, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

FENGYUN 4A is a Chinese geostationary weather satellite, designed for at least a five-year mission, to provide uninterrupted views of storm systems across Asia. The satellite is the first member of China's Fengyun 4-series weather platforms with more advanced instruments, improved pointing capability and a longer lifetime than the country's previous geostationary weather satellites. FENGYUN 4A is carrying out an hyper-spectral vertical atmospheric sounding payload, which could conduct a high-precision observation of the atmosphere over China and its neighborhood.

1 41882U 16077A   22231.20677795 -.00000335  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 41882   0.1284  83.1907 0003067  39.7021  23.6389  1.00266777 20960

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC