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    China to launch new weather satellite to boost forecasting capabilities

    China to launch new weather satellite to boost forecasting capabilities

    By Anjana Raghav
    (PTI desk)
    Apr 16, 2018
    01:17 pm

    What's the story

    China will launch a new meteorological satellite this year to further boost its weather forecasting capabilities, authorities said on Monday.

    The Fengyun-II 09 satellite, the last in the Fengyun-II series, will be able to collect meteorological, maritime and hydrological data to help weather forecast in China and neighboring regions, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said in a statement.

    Here are more details.

    Information

    Satellite will be launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center

    The satellite will be launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Fengyun satellites are a series of remote-sensing meteorological satellites developed by China. Fengyun-I and Fengyun-III are polar-orbiting weather satellites, while Fengyun-II and Fengyun-IV operate in geostationary orbit.

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