Author(s): Zhao Lei

China launches oceanographic satellite for enhanced marine monitoring

Source(s): China Daily
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China launched a Long March 4B carrier rocket to deploy its latest oceanographic research satellite, the HY-2E, on Thursday morning, according to the China National Space Administration.

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The satellite will replace HY-2B to monitor the global marine dynamic environment, it noted.

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HY-2E is equipped with a suite of core payloads including a radar altimeter, microwave scatterometer, microwave radiometer, and calibration radiometer, and will deliver high-precision, high-resolution real-time observations of sea surface height, significant wave height and sea surface wind fields

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Themes Earth Observation (EO)
Country and region China

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