Long March-4C launches FengYun-3E

A Long March-4C launch vehicle launched the FengYun-3E meteorological satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, northwest China, on 4 July 2021, at 23:28 UTC (5 July, at 07:28 local time). According to official sources, FengYun-3E (FY-3E, 风云三号E) was successfully placed into a polar orbit. The satellite is equipped with 11 instruments, providing data about atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind and other meteorological parameters for numerical prediction applications. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology