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Chinese Space Program: China Launches Next Generation Weather Satellite

Girish Shetti   |

Dec 12, 2016 12:45 AM EST

Adding another feather to its space achievement, China launched the next generation weather satellite - Fengyun-4 (FY 4) - on late Saturday. The revolutionary satellite was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province. It was carried out into the orbit by Long March-3B carrier rocket.