YUNHAI 1

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YUNHAI 1 is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 41857

Int'l Code: 2016-068A

Perigee: 782.9 km

Apogee: 794.9 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 100.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7159 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 11, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

YUNHAI 1 is a Chinese polar-orbiting weather designed to take data on the atmosphere and seas. Yunhai means 'cloud-sea' in Chinese, and the new weather satellite is orbiting at an altitude of more than 466 miles (750 kilometers) at an inclination of 98.4 degrees. YUNHAI 1 satellite will be used for observation of atmospheric, marine and space environment, disaster prevention and mitigation, and scientific experiments. The spacecraft was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.

1 41857U 16068A   24139.50853958  .00000877  00000-0  33653-3 0  9993
2 41857  98.5924 145.8441 0008370  98.0198 262.1936 14.32998031393031

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC