Tag: Fengyun 2G

  • In an eerie scene, Chinese villagers visit rocket crash site

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    Photo credit: China News Service The expended first stage of a Long March rocket tumbled into a forested region of southwestern China a few minutes after successfully blasting off Dec. 31 with a Chinese weather satellite, and photographers were there to capture the booster’s fall back to Earth, according to Chinese state media. The images…

  • China sends new weather satellite into orbit

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    A Long March 3A rocket launched at 0102 GMT Wednesday (8:02 p.m. EST Tuesday) with the Fengyun 2G weather satellite. Credit: Xinhua China launched a spacecraft Wednesday to replenish the country’s fleet of meteorological satellites providing warnings of weather fronts and tropical cyclones across Asia. The Fengyun 2G satellite lifted off at 0102 GMT Wednesday…