FENGYUN 2H

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FENGYUN 2H is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 43491

Int'l Code: 2018-050A

Perigee: 35,785.7 km

Apogee: 35,799.2 km

Inclination: 2.1 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 5, 2018
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

FENGYUN-2H is the eighth and final of the Fengyun-2 series of spin-stabilized weather satellites for geostationary orbit, development of which began in the 1980s under CASC. The satellite is equipped with a Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (S-VISSR) for multi-purpose weather satellite imagery, a Space Environment Monitor (SEM), a Solar X-ray Monitor (SXM) and Data Collection Service (DCS).

1 43491U 18050A   25184.64577681 -.00000117  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 43491   2.1325  83.2636 0001608 112.9111  37.1757  1.00276421 25948

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC