FENGYUN 4A

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FENGYUN 4A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41882

Int'l Code: 2016-077A

Perigee: 35,779.2 km

Apogee: 35,805.7 km

Inclination: 0.2 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 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   21259.95110076 -.00000354  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 41882   0.1903  90.6332 0003144  19.9060 332.5407  1.00276359 17597

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC