On the 16th September 2025 Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China At 0328 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time Beijing time on September 27TH , 2025, my country successfully at Work Station 94 of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China., the Long March 4B Yao-45 carrier rocket successfully launched the Fengyun-3 08 satellite (H) with a large red screen and mission emblem… .
Both the satellite and rocket for this launch mission were developed by the Eighth Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Fengyun-3 H is an operational satellite under the National Civilian Space Infrastructure Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan. It is the 22nd Fengyun meteorological satellite successfully launched by China and the eighth satellite in the second-generation low-orbiting Fengyun-3 meteorological satellite family. It is primarily used for weather forecasting, atmospheric chemistry, and climate change monitoring.
Fengyun-3 H weighs approximately 2,780 kg at launch and orbits in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 830 km and an inclination of 98.7°. The satellite is equipped with a medium-resolution spectral imager, an infrared hyperspectral atmospheric sounder, and a Nine remote sensing instruments, including a microwave thermometer, microwave hygrometer, microwave imager, global navigation satellite occultation sounder, hyperspectral greenhouse gas monitor, ionospheric photometer, and wide-angle auroral imager, will achieve the world’s first high-precision, detailed global greenhouse gas detection over a swath width of 100 kilometers, reaching internationally advanced levels of comprehensive capabilities.
Fengyun-3H, the final satellite of the Fengyun-3 Batch 03, will succeed Fengyun-3D and form a network with Fengyun-3E, F, and G to achieve 100% global observation data coverage, safeguarding core meteorological services. The satellite can shorten the update time for meteorological data required for numerical weather forecasting applications from six hours to four hours, extend forecast availability by approximately 24 hours, and nearly double the timeliness of disaster monitoring, significantly enhancing weather forecasting capabilities.
The Fengyun-3H satellite boasts high quantitative accuracy, with spectral calibration accuracy reaching the picometer level. Its comprehensive capabilities enable full-spectrum, quantitative observations from a single platform, covering a full range of atmospheric elements. In addition to providing comprehensive atmospheric remote sensing of temperature, humidity, wind, rain, and clouds, it also acquires remote sensing information on global greenhouse gases, auroras, and the ionosphere.
The National Space Administration (CNSA) is responsible for the organization and management of the satellite project, coordination of major events, and launch permit approval. The CNSA’s Earth Observation and Data Center is responsible for overall project management. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA), as the user agency, is responsible for the construction and operation of ground and application systems. The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, is responsible for the overall development of satellite and launch vehicle systems.
❶ China’s 57th space launch in 2025 (56 successful missions)
❷ The 58th Long March 4B launch vehicle (56 successful missions)
❸ The 115th Long March 4 series launch vehicle (112 successful missions)
❹ The 596th Long March series launch vehicle (579 successful missions)
❺ The 257th Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center launch vehicle (239 successful missions)
❻ China’s 697th space launch vehicle (660 successful missions)
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