Fengyun-4A

Long March 3B/E carried Fengyun-4A, China's first next-generation geostationary weather satellite, into transfer orbit to test advanced imaging, atmospheric sounding, lightning mapping, and space weather instruments for the China Meteorological Administration.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T

Flight

14th

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

10 December 2016, 16:11 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2016-077

Launches in 2016

79th of 85

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