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New weather satellite launched

By Sun Xiaohua | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-28 07:43

China launched a second weather satellite for the Olympic Games, the Fengyun-3 (FY-3), yesterday in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

Zheng Guoguang, director of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), said the FY-3 will work with the existing Fengyun-2 to ensure timely weather forecasts during the Beijing Olympic Games.

The FY-3 will send back images with a spatial resolution of 250 m and its temperature sensitivity will be in the region of 0.1 degree F. Both indices are close to the most advanced satellites in the world.

New weather satellite launched

New weather satellite launched

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