Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology 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.
