FENGYUN 4A

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FENGYUN 4A is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41882

Int'l Code: 2016-077A

Perigee: 35,770.6 km

Apogee: 35,814.9 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

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   20146.93035391 -.00000322 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9998
2 41882 000.1062 291.1935 0005253 220.3517 172.0195 01.00275233012785

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC