2021-06-02 18:05:12 GMT2021-06-03 02:05:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
XICHANG, June 3 (Xinhua) China sent a new meteorological satellite into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province on Thursday morning.
The satellite, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), was launched by a Long March-3B rocket at 00:17 a.m. (Beijing Time). This was the 372nd flight mission of the Long March rocket series, the launch center said.
The first of China s new-generation meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit, the FY-4B will be used in the fields of weather analysis and forecasting, and environmental and disaster monitoring.
The satellite and rocket were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, respectively. Both belong to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
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ISLAMABAD: China sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Wednesday.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite blasted off at 12:03 p.m. Beijing Time, international media reported.
The HY-2D will form a constellation with the HY-2B and HY-2C satellites to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system of high frequency of medium and large scale.
The constellation will support the country’s early warning and prediction of marine disasters, its sustainable development and utilisation of ocean resources, its effective response to global climate change as well as ocean research.
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The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, the state media reported.
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China on Wednesday successfully sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit as part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system which would provide early warning on marine disasters. The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, the state media reported. The HY-2D will form a constellation with the HY-2B and HY-2C satellites to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system of high frequency and medium and large scale, Xinhua reported.
China successfully launches new ocean observation satellite
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The constellation will support the country s early warning and prediction of marine disasters.
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The constellation will support the country s early warning and prediction of marine disasters. China on Wednesday successfully sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit as part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system which would provide early warning on marine disasters. The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China, the state media reported.