Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) - CZ-3B/G3 - Xichang - June 2, 2021 (16:17 UTC)

[Josh_from_Canada]

Second meteorological satellite of the Fengyun-4 series, scheduled for launch in 2020.

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post; is the launch period for Fengyun-4B sourced, or is it deduced from the possible launch period for Beidou-3G3?

China launch schedule

2020

May - CZ-2C - XSLC - Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-07 'Chuangxin-5 (19/21)
End of May - CZ-3B/G3 - XSLC - FY-4B Fengyun-4B
June 12 / 16 (?) May (?) - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - Beidou-3G3
First half - CZ-3B/G3 - XSLC - Tiantong-1 (02)
?? June 16 - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - Apstar-6D


May 12

[zubenelgenubi]

Any news about the CZ-3B return-to-flight?

Or this launch?  Will the LV be a CZ-3B/G2 or G3?

Or this payload?  The FY-4A satellite arrived in Xichang via a Volga/Dnepr An-124 a little less then 2 months before launch.

Fengyun-4

Fengyun-4A launch thread

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-posts
Source for launch delay to 4th quarter 2020?:

China launch schedule[/b]

2020
Fourth quarter August July (?) - CZ-3B/G2 - XSLC - FY-4B Fengyun-4B


July 23
July 31

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China plans to launch 2 more meteorological satellites in 2021

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-08/05/c_139266672.htm

... Fengyun-3E (FY-3E)
... Fengyun-4B (FY-4B)

[Steven Pietrobon]

Image from 9ifly. There's also to be a naming contest for these satellites.

http://9ifly.spacety.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=93716&pid=757721

"Give Fengyun satellite nickname "Activity officially launched!" Come and come.
Shanghai Aerospace Today.
On August 4th, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Fengyun Satellite Meteorological, the "Nickname for Fengyun Satellite" campaign was officially launched, and the nicknames "Fengyun 3 E Star" and "Fengyun 4 B Star" were officially launched for the public.
The event will be conducted through expert scoring and public votes. The event was jointly organized by the Meteorological Propaganda and Science Center of the China Meteorological Administration, the National Satellite Meteorological Center, the 8th Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Group and the China Meteorological News Agency.
China is one of the early countries using meteorologic"

[SciNews]

FengYun-4B (FY-4B) meteorological satellite to be launched in 2021

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post; confirming scheduled 2021 launch:

Translated from Russian
http://russian.news.cn/2021-01/19/c_139681548.htm

China plans to launch 7 satellites, "Fengyun" in the 2021-2025 years.
Beijing, January 19 / Xinhua / -- China plans to launch two weather satellites, Fengyun-4B and Fengyun-3E, in 2021. During the 14th five-year plan (2021-2025), five more Fengyun satellites will also be launched.
As the correspondent reported today. Xinhua in the China Meteorological Administration, the Fengyun-4B satellite is actually the first operational satellite of the Fengyun-4 satellite series. The Fengyun-3E weather satellite will become the world's first polar-orbiting satellite for morning and evening monitoring, will fill the current shortage of global meteorological satellite observations and will be able to provide significant support in the development of numerical weather forecasts.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

FY-4B has been approved for shipping out for launch in late May 2021.

[PM3]

Is this the same satellite that spaceflightfans.cn lists as "天绘三号GEOSAR卫星" (Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite) for a while now?

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/long-march-3b-rocket-launch-geosar-satellite?instance_id=4377

When: May 31, 2021

Location (Launch Site): Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Rocket (Vehicle): Long March-3B-to-3 carrier rocket (LongMarch-3B/G3)
Payload: Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite
Customer: Ministry of Ecology and Environment, etc.

(May 31 at spaceflightfans.cn does not necessarily mean May 31; it may be a placeholder for "late May" or "somewhen in May".)

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Is this the same satellite that spaceflightfans.cn lists as "天绘三号GEOSAR卫星" (Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite) for a while now?

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/long-march-3b-rocket-launch-geosar-satellite?instance_id=4377

When: May 31, 2021

Location (Launch Site): Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Rocket (Vehicle): Long March-3B-to-3 carrier rocket (LongMarch-3B/G3)
Payload: Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite
Customer: Ministry of Ecology and Environment, etc.

(May 31 at spaceflightfans.cn does not necessarily mean May 31; it may be a placeholder for "late May" or "somewhen in May".)

I don’t think so, FY-4 are geostationary weather satellites like the US’ GOES series, they won’t need another name.

[luhai167]

Is this the same satellite that spaceflightfans.cn lists as "GEOSAR" (Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite) for a while now?

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/long-march-3b-rocket-launch-geosar-satellite?instance_id=4377

When: May 31, 2021

Location (Launch Site): Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Rocket (Vehicle): Long March-3B-to-3 carrier rocket (LongMarch-3B/G3)
Payload: Tianhui-3 GEOSAR satellite
Customer: Ministry of Ecology and Environment, etc.

(May 31 at spaceflightfans.cn does not necessarily mean May 31; it may be a placeholder for "late May" or "somewhen in May".)

No, they are totally different satellites. Even piesat list them under different series.
https://www.piesat.cn/data_service/data_acquisition/index.html

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

There are reports from tour operators that 4 launches from Xichang and 2 launches from Wenchang are expected in May-June.

[PM3]

27 May

http://www.spaceflightfans.cn/event/long-march-3b-rokcet-launch-fy-4b-satellite

Confirmed by the news of travel agency and Fengyun satellite push, launch on May 27th. The remote number is guessed to be Y72.

[zubenelgenubi]

Is there any new news about the satellite?

Or an approximate launch time of day?

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Rocket first stage being stacked at the pad yesterday:

[Alter Sachse]

This should be LC 2.

https://chinaspacereport.wordpress.com/facilities/xichang/

"Launch Complex 2 is supported by a mobile service tower moving on rail tracks."

[Satori]

According to Spaceflightfans.cn, launch will take place at 08:00UTC on May 30.

[Satori]

According to Spaceflightfans.cn this launch will take place on June 2 (16:00-17:30).

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Turns out that June 2 is LT....

A1124/21 (Issued for ZGZU ZSHA) - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N260808E1142921-N261444E1140013-N255857E1135553-N255223E1142456
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 01 JUN 16:11 2021 UNTIL 01 JUN 16:51 2021.
CREATED: 31 MAY 03:30 2021

A1123/21 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY:
N272159E1083650-N273125E1074313-N271528E1073946-N270603E1083315
BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 01 JUN 16:10 2021 UNTIL 01 JUN 16:46 2021.
CREATED: 31 MAY 03:28 2021

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and also:

A1125/21 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED CENTERED AT N2815E10202
WITH RADIUS OF 15KM. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE
TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL. GND - UNL, 01 JUN 16:07 2021 UNTIL 01 JUN 16:42 2021.
CREATED: 31 MAY 03:35 2021