Key statistics
Satellite FENGYUN 2H AKM at a glance.
Uptime
2533
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
3.8
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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: 1439.282 minutes
Inclination: 3.8357 deg
SMA: 42227.057 km
Apoapsis: 36219.219 km
Periapsis: 35478.624 km
RAAN: 81.9133 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0087692
Argument of periapsis: 313.8748 deg
Mean anomaly: 45.2558 deg
Mean motion: 1.00049874 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:07 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 FENGYUN 2H AKM
TLE line 1: 1 43497U 18050C 25131.38011726 -.00000022 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 43497 3.8357 81.9133 0087692 313.8748 45.2558 1.00049874 25285
Live tracking on map
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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