Fengyun-3E

This Long March 4C launched from Taiyuan carrying Fengyun-3E, China's first early-morning-orbit next-generation weather satellite, adding operational meteorological coverage to the existing Fengyun-3 constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.5 T

Flight

35th

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

4 July 2021, 23:28 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2021-062

Launches in 2021

65th of 146

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