FENGYUN 1A

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite FENGYUN 1A at a glance.

Uptime

13613

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.0

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

99.1

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 1A.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: FENGYUN 1A

International designator: 1988-080A

Object number (NORAD): 19467

Object ID (CCSDS): 19467

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 102.601 minutes

Inclination: 99.0546 deg

SMA: 7259.837 km

Apoapsis: 892.411 km

Periapsis: 870.994 km

RAAN: 35.6385 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00147507

Argument of periapsis: 141.3791 deg

Mean anomaly: 218.8433 deg

Mean motion: 14.03499988 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000189 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0001487726 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:44 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 1A

TLE line 1: 1 19467U 88080A 25346.15620046 .00000189 00000-0 14877-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 19467 99.0546 35.6385 0014751 141.3791 218.8433 14.03499988907668

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Associated space launch

Chinese polar orbiting meteorological satellite

FENGYUN 1A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1A’, on board a Long March 4A space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 6, 1988, 8:30 p.m. from Launch Complex 7.

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Launch to space Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1A
Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1A

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 6, 1988, 8:30 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4A

Launch pad: Launch Complex 7

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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