launched fromChina

Fengyun-1D & HaiYang 1

Name: Fengyun-1D & HaiYang 1
Start: 2002-05-15T01:50:00Z
Location: Taiyuan

Success

MAY 15200201:50:00 UTC

A dual launch in which HaiYang-1A, China's first ocean-observation satellite, rode to orbit alongside the Fengyun-1D weather satellite. HY-1A carried scanners for ocean color and sea-surface temperature, beginning China's maritime remote-sensing program.

LIFTOFF

MAY 15 2002

01:50:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLA-7Taiyuan

aboardLong March 4BY5intoLEO

Payloads · 2

01
Feng Yun 1D
Weather satellite
02
Hai Yang 1
Earth observation