China plans to put four more Fengyun-3 meteorological satellites into orbit between 2018 and 2021, China Aerospace¹ Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) announced Wednesday.

 

中国航天科技集团公司周三宣布，中国计划在2018年至2021年间再发射四颗风云3号气象卫星。

 

The Fengyun-3, including a morning orbit satellite, an afternoon orbit satellite and a precipitation measuring satellite, will form a network of low-orbit meteorological satellites to enhance the monitoring of atmospheric² humidity and temperature, greenhouse gases, wind fields and precipitation, said Zhou Xubin with the CASTC.

 

The launch of the Fengyun-3 satellites will help shorten the interval³ between world weather forecast updates from the current six hours to four hours, and increase the timeliness of weather disaster monitoring and forecast accuracy, said Zhou.

 

China launched the Fengyun-3D at 2:35 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province.

 

Fengyun satellites are a series of remote-sensing meteorological satellites developed by China. Fengyun-1 and Fengyun-3 are polar orbiting weather satellites, while Fengyun-2 and Fengyun-4 operate in geostationary orbit.

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