Fengyun-2 09 (FY-2 09)

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Description:

• FENGYUN-2H is the eighth and final of the Fengyun-2 series of spin-stabilized weather satellites for geostationary orbit, development of which began in the 1980s under CASC. The satellite is equipped with a Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (S-VISSR) for multi-purpose weather satellite imagery, a Space Environment Monitor (SEM), a Solar X-ray Monitor (SXM) and Data Collection Service (DCS).

Mission details:

• Fengyun erhao 09 xing, also called Fengyun erhao H xing (FY-2H), was launched on Jun 5, 2018. It is the last in the FY-2 series of Chinese spin-stabilized geostationary meteorological satellites. On around Jun 7 the apogee motor was fired to circularize the orbit and was then ejected. As of Jun 16 the satellite was on station at 94.0E in a 35775 x 35796 km x 2.3 deg orbit. The apogee motor was in a 35482 x 36212 km x 2.4 deg orbit, crossing the geostationary region - which is an undesirable place to leave space junk.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking