In orbitDebris

FENGYUN 2A DEB

NORAD: 43355
COSPAR: 1997-029D

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Spacecraft

Built by: Shanghai Inst. of Satellite Engineering (509 Res.Inst.)
Owner: National Satellite Meteorological Center
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.5 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S43355, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1997-06-10
Rocket: Chang Zheng 3
Flight: Feng Yun 2
Mission name: Feng Yun Er Jia
Launch site: XSC, LC3?
Launched by: CALT
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1997-029

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1997-029, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 1997-06-10
Period: 1436.6 min
Inclination: 14.85°
Apogee: 35,990 km
Perigee: 35,602 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: FENGYUN 2A (NORAD 24834)

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, 1 still in orbit