China successfully launches weather satellite
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November 6, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA launched a new meteorological satellite early yesterday morning from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carried the satellite, the second of China's Fengyun-3 series, into space.
The satellite entered orbit 19 minutes later, according to data sent by the Xi'an Satellite Control Center in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province.
After in-orbit testing, the launch center will hand over control of the satellite to the National Satellite Meteorological Center under the authority of the China Meteorological Administration.
A statement from the launch center said the satellite is equipped with a dozen advanced detectors and is able to carry out a three-dimensional, all-weather, multi-spectrum quantitative detection to acquire data from the surface of the planet, the ocean and space.
The satellite will form a network with the first FY-3 satellite, launched on May 27, 2008, to improve China's meteorological observation and medium-range weather forecasting capabilities, it said.
The FY-3 series will play an important role in monitoring natural disasters and the environment, it will also help in researching the environment, climate change and in disaster prevention and reduction.
Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The launch was the 134th mission of China's Long March series of rockets since April 24, 1970, when a Long March-1 rocket successfully sent China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into space.
China has planned to launch a total of 12 satellites from the FY-3 series and six from the FY-4 series by 2020.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carried the satellite, the second of China's Fengyun-3 series, into space.
The satellite entered orbit 19 minutes later, according to data sent by the Xi'an Satellite Control Center in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province.
After in-orbit testing, the launch center will hand over control of the satellite to the National Satellite Meteorological Center under the authority of the China Meteorological Administration.
A statement from the launch center said the satellite is equipped with a dozen advanced detectors and is able to carry out a three-dimensional, all-weather, multi-spectrum quantitative detection to acquire data from the surface of the planet, the ocean and space.
The satellite will form a network with the first FY-3 satellite, launched on May 27, 2008, to improve China's meteorological observation and medium-range weather forecasting capabilities, it said.
The FY-3 series will play an important role in monitoring natural disasters and the environment, it will also help in researching the environment, climate change and in disaster prevention and reduction.
Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The launch was the 134th mission of China's Long March series of rockets since April 24, 1970, when a Long March-1 rocket successfully sent China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1, into space.
China has planned to launch a total of 12 satellites from the FY-3 series and six from the FY-4 series by 2020.
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