September 15, an experiment payload mission "Yun-8" above the aircraft arrived at the Qinghai Lake, with the ground five pilot group synchronous data, and successful completion of the official start of the China Meteorological Administration Organization launched Fengyun meteorological satellite payloads on the 3rd-school work first Test flight.

It is learned that the pilot flying payloads school principal in the ground before launching satellites, aircraft, satellites will be in the right situation on the 3rd install satellite equipment for calibration verification, Fengyun 3 satellite for the most effective test data and ensure that the days of satellite observation instruments to guarantee the scientific accuracy .

Qinghai Lake area for a national pilot Satellite Meteorological Center director of the Institute of Meteorological Satellite Rong Zhi said: "Qinghai Lake as visible light and infrared radiation field correction, because both meadow and the water surface distribution of various spectra are more evenly values and ideals of radiation, meteorological satellites is the rationale for the subject to venue. "According to him, the weather this test group, sounding group, the lake group, lawn group, the desert group composed of five pilot group. Scheme launched by the end of this year on the 3rd Fengyun meteorological satellite, outsiders called "Star Games" is the second generation of polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, through global, all-weather, three-dimensional, multi-spectral remote sensing, detection and quantitative means to obtain temperature, humidity, pressure, clouds and radiation. remote sensing data for weather forecasting, climate prediction and environmental monitoring and provide effective services.

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