FENGYUN 4A, 41882
Orbit data source: Space-Track
FENGYUN 4A, 41882 is a payload satellite owned by CNMSC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 10 Dec 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SISE
Mission
Operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor
FY-4, LAE?
Mass
5,380 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
24.437 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 2 days ago
TLE from 2 days ago
0 FENGYUN 4A
1 41882U 16077A 26307.27845866 -.00000362 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
2 41882 2.6703 78.5129 0008722 170.5499 17.5152 1.00280566 36322Epoch: 2026-11-03T06:40Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-03T06:40:58.828Z)
Latitude
-0.3717°
Longitude
123.79087°
Altitude
35,748.585 km
Speed
3.077 km/s
True Right ascension
17h 46m 19s
True Declination
0° 22' 17"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:56:32
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,821.975 km
Perigee altitude
35,748.426 km
Semi-major axis
42,163.338 km
Eccentricity
0.00087
Inclination
2.6703°
RAAN
78.5129°
Arg. of periapsis
170.5499°
True anomaly
17.54531°
Mean anomaly
17.5152°
Eccentric anomaly
17.53025°
Mean motion
0.25069 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.02 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #77 in the year 2016 (2016-12-10 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.FENGYUN 4A Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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