Feng Yun 3A

Fengyun-3A (FY-3A), China's first second-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite, launched from Taiyuan. Carrying an 11-instrument suite for atmospheric sounding and environmental monitoring, it began a new generation of Chinese meteorological spacecraft.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

2.2 T

Flight

3rd

of 60 Long March 4C flights

Date and time

27 May 2008, 03:02 UTC

Rocket

Long March 4C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2008-026

Launches in 2008

26th of 69

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