Fengyun-4B

Long March 3B launched the Fengyun-4B meteorological satellite from Xichang into geostationary transfer orbit, a 5,400 kg weather and disaster-monitoring spacecraft that will maneuver to a geostationary slot over the Asia-Pacific region.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T

Flight

23rd

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

2 June 2021, 16:17 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2021-047

Launches in 2021

49th of 146

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