Weather
FENGYUN 2A
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 24834
FENGYUN 2A is a China weather satellite, launched on June 10, 1997 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 10, 1997 at 12:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Feng Yun 2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 37,463 km
- Periapsis
- 36,562 km
- Inclination
- 15.65°
- Orbital period
- 1499.19 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 1,390 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.1 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24834
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 20 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational