According to the China National Space Administration (CNSA), China's new generation Fengyun-3A weather satellite became fully operational on Monday. The China Meteorological Administration has officially taken control of China's new generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites. The Fengyun-3 series of satellites are China's second generation of Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites, which provide global 3-dimensional atmospheric thermal image. Their technology supports short-range weather forecasting and real-time monitoring of meteorological or hydrological disasters. They can also provide data to support research on global climate change. The Fengyun-3A, together with the Fengyun-1D and Fengyun-2C, D and E, will form a satellite constellation to offer global around-the-clock weather monitoring. Adapted from Source
China successfully launched its Fengyun three Meteorological Satellite, its second Olympic weather satellite, at the Launching Center in Taiyuan this morning. It will be put to use during the Beijing Olympic Games to help predict the weather.
China launched a weather forecasting satellite Tuesday to help predict weather for the Summer Olympics and earthquake recovery work. The Fengyun-3 was launched on a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province, at 11:02 a.m. (Beijing Time).
China on Friday said it would launch a second satellite on May 27, to work with the existing one for providing accurate weather forecasts during the Olympic games here.
China is likely to launch a new polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Fengyun-3 (FY-3), this autumn to improve its global weather monitoring capacity, the China News Service has reported.