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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). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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FENGYUN 4A details

Identifier	41882, 2016-077A
Orbit	GEO
Last TLE update	12 hours ago
Origin	CNMSC (CN / PRC)
Manufacturer	SISE
Mission	Operational Civil Weather
Bus & Motor	FY-4, LAE?
Mass	5,380 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)	2016-12-10 (8 years ago)
Launch vehicle	CHANG ZHENG 3B
Launch site	Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)
Object type	Payload Rocket body Debris
Shape & HBR	Box + 1 Pan, 10 m
Radar Cross Section	24.437 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 FENGYUN 4A
1 41882U 16077A   24361.54657052 -.00000170  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 41882   0.9486  85.7823 0010692 343.0663 309.8122  1.00276447 29533

Epoch: 2024-12-26T13:07Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-26T13:07:03.692Z)

Latitude	-0.86722°
Longitude	86.2725°
Altitude	35,756.07 km
Speed	3.077 km/s
True Right ascension	01h 14m 14s
True Declination	0° 51' 59"
Sunlit	Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude	0.86559°
Longitude	-93.30508°
Altitude	35,813.718 km
Speed	3.073 km/s
Apparent Right ascension	13h 11m 08s
Apparent Declination	-4° 10' 45"
Sunlit	Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time	00:29:35
Azimuth	342.591° N
Elevation	-53.051°
Doppler factor	1

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude	35,831.44 km
Perigee altitude	35,741.276 km
Semi-major axis	42,164.495 km
Eccentricity	0.0010692
Inclination	0.9486°
RAAN	85.7823°
Arg. of periapsis	343.0663°
True anomaly	309.71801°
Mean anomaly	309.8122°
Eccentric anomaly	309.76511°
Mean motion	0.25068 °/min
BSTAR	Unknown
Orbital period	1436.08 mins