China is to start using a new-generation meteorological
satellite Fengyun-3 in 2007 to detect global weather changes.
Chief engineer with the National Satellite Meteorological
Center, Xu Jianmin says the satellite is more advanced than the
current meteorological satellites of fengyun-1 and fengyun-2, which
are the major channels for China to get weather information.
Xu Jianmin says, since it can sense temperature changes above
the ocean surface, the satellite can get weather information from
across the global.
The satellite is now being manufactured.
?(CCTV.com March 8, 2005)