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Long March 3 | Feng Yun 2A

Feng Yun 2A

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Launch Details

Date: 10 June 1997, 12:01 pm UTC

Rocket: Long March 3 (Long March)

Provider: China Aerospace Corporation

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Description

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-2 (Feng Yun 2) began its development in 1980. It is built by the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering.