Fengyun-3H
Long March 4C · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
- Launch (UTC)
- Sep 26, 2025, 19:28 UTC
- Outcome
- Launched successfully
- Rocket
- Long March 4C
- Site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Fengyun-3 (FY-3) series is the 2nd generation of Chinese polar-orbiting meteorological satellites, following on from the FY-1 series. The series has been developed collaboratively by CMA (Chinese Meteorological Administration) and CNSA (China National Space Administration). The FY-3 series’ objectives are to provide global measurements of 3-D temperature and moisture soundings, cloud and precipitation parameters, meteorological and hydrological events, biosphere anomalies and geophysical parameters in support of global change and climate monitoring.