Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 2H AKM at a glance.
Uptime
2590
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
4.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for FENGYUN 2H AKM.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: FENGYUN 2H AKM
International designator: 2018-050C
Object number (NORAD): 43497
Object ID (CCSDS): 43497
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 1439.004 minutes
Inclination: 3.9805 deg
SMA: 42221.621 km
Apoapsis: 36211.629 km
Periapsis: 35475.343 km
RAAN: 81.1865 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0087193
Argument of periapsis: 316.0644 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.9675 deg
Mean motion: 1.00069196 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000153 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 2H AKM
TLE line 1: 1 43497U 18050C 25188.34409866 .00000153 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 43497 3.9805 81.1865 0087193 316.0644 42.9675 1.00069196 25850
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Real-time ground track for satellite FENGYUN 2H AKM.
Associated space launch
Fengyun is China's meteorogical satellite program. It includes polar-orbiting and geostationary spacecrafts. Fengyun-2H is a geostationary satellite expected to operate in orbit for about 5 years.
FENGYUN 2H AKM was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3A | Fengyun-2H’, on board a Long March 3A space rocket.
The launch took place on June 5, 2018, 1:07 p.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 3A | Fengyun-2H
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 5, 2018, 1:07 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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