LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Wed Jun 02 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Fengyun-4B
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(4:17 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(4:11 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(4:51 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 3BDescription:
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)