Mission description
The newer FY-3 series is an improved generation of polar-orbiting heliosynchronous weather satellites.
Launch index
Mission imagery · Long March 4C
Launch Successful
Long March 4C | Fengyun-3F
August 3, 2023 at 3:47 AM UTC
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch details
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August 3, 2023 at 3:47 AM UTC
Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 40.9605, 100.2981
- Rocket
- Long March 4C
- Launch probability
- Not published
- Window opens
- August 3, 2023 at 3:41 AM UTC
- Window closes
- August 3, 2023 at 4:12 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- March 5, 2024 at 6:07 PM UTC
Mission media
Watch the launch.
Chinese Long March 4C rocket launches Fengyun-3F polar orbit weather satellite (Official Webcast)
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Long March 4C
Long March · C
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LEO capacity
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Successful launches
58
Launch complex
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).
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Mission updates
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