A Long March-4C launch vehicle launched Fengyun-3D (FY-3D) meteorological satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, on 14 November 2017, at 18:35 UTC. Fengyun-3 (风云三号气象卫星) is one of China's second generation of Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites, which can provide global three dimensional all-weather and multi-spectral remote sensing images. The Fengyun-3D satellite and the Long March-4C (Chang Zheng-4C, CZ-4C, LM-4C) were developed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The satellite will be operated by China Meteorological Administration (CMA).

Credit: China Central Television

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