China to launch new weather satellite to boost forecasting capabilities
(Sourced from PTI)
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.
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.
