Spaceflight in 2014 ended with the launch of the Chinese Long March 3A delivering Fengyun-2G to geostationary orbit. This is the sixth successful launch of the Fengyun-2 series of meteorological satellites.
The satellite has a mass of 1380 kg. The instruments on board include the DCS (Data Collection Service), the S-VISSR (Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer), the SEM (Space Environment Monitor) and the SXM (Solar X-ray Monitor).
There is one more satellite of the series still to be launched, which is currently planned to take place in the fourth quarter of 2016. Before then, the Chinese plan to launch the first satellite of a new generation of Fengyun satellites known as Fengyun-4 satellites. Fengyun-4A will launch in December 2015.
The satellite has a mass of 1380 kg. The instruments on board include the DCS (Data Collection Service), the S-VISSR (Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer), the SEM (Space Environment Monitor) and the SXM (Solar X-ray Monitor).
There is one more satellite of the series still to be launched, which is currently planned to take place in the fourth quarter of 2016. Before then, the Chinese plan to launch the first satellite of a new generation of Fengyun satellites known as Fengyun-4 satellites. Fengyun-4A will launch in December 2015.