Weather
FENGYUN 2D
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
FENGYUN 2D is a China weather satellite, launched on December 8, 2006 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 8, 2006 at 12:53 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Feng Yun 2D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,419 km
- Periapsis
- 36,340 km
- Inclination
- 10.98°
- Orbital period
- 1466.51 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 1,390 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-053A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29640
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 27.6307 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational