China launches Fengyun-2D

Geostationary orbit meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2D.   Dec.8 - China successfully launched its second geostationary orbit meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2D, on December 8.   The satellite was launched into the planned orbit aboard a Long March-3A carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.