China has successfully launched the Fengyun-3E satellite on Monday, making it the world’s first meteorological satellite that has been sent into the dawn-dusk orbit for civil service.
A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) satellite prepares to blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 5, 2021. China sent a new meteorological satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday morning.(Photo: Xinhua)