Feng Yun 2E

Long March 3A launched China's Fengyun-2E, a spin-stabilized geostationary weather satellite that joined the operational Fengyun-2 series providing meteorological imagery over the Asia-Pacific region from 105 degrees East.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T

Flight

16th

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

23 December 2008, 00:54 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

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

2008-066

Launches in 2008

68th of 69

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