Weather
FENGYUN 2E
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 33463
FENGYUN 2E is a China weather satellite, launched on December 23, 2008 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 23, 2008 at 12:54 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Feng Yun 2E
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,114 km
- Periapsis
- 36,111 km
- Inclination
- 9.25°
- Orbital period
- 1452.8 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 1,390 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.1 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-066A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33463
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 15.8489 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational