Weather
FENGYUN 1B
NonoperationalWeatherLEONORAD 20788
FENGYUN 1B is a China weather satellite, launched on September 3, 1990 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 3, 1990 at 12:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4A →
- Operator
- Ministry of Aerospace Industry
- Mission
- Feng Yun 1B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 894 km
- Periapsis
- 871 km
- Inclination
- 98.97°
- Orbital period
- 102.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 881 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.4 × 1.4 × 1.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1990-081A
- NORAD catalog №
- 20788
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 2.5987 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational