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A Long March-4B rocket, carrying the Haiyang-2C (HY-2C) satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on September 21, 2020. The third dynamic environment satellite the country’s oceanic vessel, the HY-2C, will form a network with the former HY-2B and subsequent HY-2D to carry out high-precision marine environment monitoring. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo / Xinhua)
JIUQUAN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) – China sent a new ocean monitoring satellite into orbit Monday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2C (HY-2C) satellite took off at 1:40 p.m. (Beijing time), according to the launch center.
The HY-2C, the country’s third dynamic ocean environment satellite, can provide 24-hour, 24-hour observation of wave height, sea surface height, wind and temperature.
The equipment on board enables the new satellite to provide information on vessel identification and to receive, store and transmit measurement data from offshore buoys from China and other marine areas.
Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the HY-2C will form a network with the previous HY-2B and later HY-2D, scheduled for launch next year, to carry out monitoring of the maritime environment of high accuracy.
The planned satellite network will be able to carry out 80 percent of the world’s sea surface wind monitoring in six hours, sources with the China National Space Administration said.
Unlike the previous HY-2A and HY-2B satellites, the HY-2C will be placed in an orbit with a 66-degree tilt, improving its ability to quickly revisit wind fields, according to the administration.
In August, China independently developed and launched seven Haiyang satellites, named after the Chinese word for “ocean” and given the designation “HY” for short. The country launched its first ocean monitoring satellite, HY-1A, on May 15, 2002.
In 2019, China’s gross marine products accounted for 9 percent of its GDP. The HY-2 satellite tracking network will provide data support for scientific, transportation, meteorological and marine disaster relief applications, and will help further enhance the country’s marine monitoring capabilities, generating more sustainable and predictable benefits, he said. the satellite developer.
Monday’s launch was 347 in the Long March rocket series. Final product
