Feng Yun 2D

Launched the Fengyun-2D geostationary weather satellite from Xichang, giving China its first dual-satellite geostationary meteorological observation system alongside the earlier Fengyun-2C.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T

Flight

11th

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

8 December 2006, 00:53 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2006-053

Launches in 2006

56th of 66

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