In orbitDebris

FENGYUN 2E DEB

NORAD: 40987
COSPAR: 2008-066D

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Spacecraft

Built by: Shanghai Inst. of Satellite Engineering (509 Res.Inst.)
Owner: National Satellite Meteorological Center
Shape: Disk?

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S40987, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2008-12-23
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3A
Flight: FY-2-06
Mission name: fengyun erhao 06 xing
Launch site: XSC, LC3?
Launched by: CALT
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2008-066

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2008-066, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 2008-12-23
Period: 1436.0 min
Inclination: 9.95°
Apogee: 36,535 km
Perigee: 35,033 km
Radar cross-section: 0.003 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: FENGYUN 2E (NORAD 33463)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit