Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E

Launch information

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Mission description

The newer FY-3 series is an improved generation of polar-orbiting heliosynchronous weather satellites.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’.

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Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: July 4, 2021, 11:28 p.m.

Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Fengyun-3E (SSO)

Launcher

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Rocket

Long March 4C

Location

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
49008 FENGYUN 3E SSO 98.74 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA In-orbit
49009 OBJECT B SSO 98.69 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA Decayed
49024 OBJECT D SSO 98.68 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA In-orbit
49047 OBJECT E SSO 98.68 PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6091

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Location Launch

#144

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Pad Launch

#77

To this date

Agency Launch

#324

To this date

Orbital Launch

#65

Year 2021

Location Launch

#9

Year 2021

Pad Launch

#7

Year 2021

Agency Launch

#20

Year 2021

Latest news about the launch

News about the space mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’ are fetched daily from the best sources online.

News about space launch Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E
China lofts Fengyun 3E polar weather satellite

China has successfully launched a new polar weather satellite, Fengyun 3E.  Liftoff of the mission took place at 23:28 UTC on 4 July 2021 from launch site SLS-2 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Chang Zheng 4C rocket.

News about space launch Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E
China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbit

A new Chinese Fengyun weather satellite launched Sunday and flew into an early morning polar orbit to feed data into global computer models, adding inputs that international weather officials said will improve medium and long-range forecasts.


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