Fengyun-4C

Sent the Fengyun-4C geostationary weather satellite aloft from Xichang for China's National Satellite Meteorological Center, replacing the aging Fengyun-4A; it was the 114th flight of the Long March 3B.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T

Flight

75th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

26 December 2025, 16:07 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2025-312

Launches in 2025

326th of 329

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