Fengyun 2-07

Fengyun-2F geostationary weather satellite launched from Xichang, the sixth in China's Fengyun-2 series, also carrying an X-ray detector to monitor the Sun and detect solar flares.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

1.4 T

Flight

23rd

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

13 January 2012, 00:56 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-002

Launches in 2012

2nd of 78

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