Weather
FENGYUN 1D
NonoperationalWeatherLEO
FENGYUN 1D is a China weather satellite, launched on May 15, 2002 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 15, 2002 at 01:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Hai Yang 1 & Feng Yun 1D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 869 km
- Periapsis
- 848 km
- Inclination
- 98.95°
- Orbital period
- 102.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 950 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-024B
- NORAD catalog №
- 27431
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 2.2669 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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