Long March CZ-3B/E • Fengyun 4C

Long March CZ-3B/E • Fengyun 4C

A China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Long March (Chang Zheng) CZ-3B/E rocket will launch the Fengyun 4C geostationary weather satellite for the China Meteorological Administration. It is designed to collect imagery of storm systems, atmospheric sounding measurements, lightning maps and observations of space weather phenomena. The launcher will flown as CZ-3B/G3 variant with a 4.2m diameter fairing. - Fengyun 4C (FY-4C) is the third satellite of the second generation of Chinese geosynchronous meteorological satellites, a follow-on to the FY-2 series. It has a launch mass of 5.3 tonnes and is based on the SAST-5000 bus. The three-axis stabilized satellites feature one solar panel and suite of observation instruments. - Delayed from Dec. 9. Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/live/1mH8oNp3qWs

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