China launches oceanographic satellite for enhanced marine monitoring

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.

Controlled by the National Satellite Ocean Application Service under the Ministry of Natural Resources, the spacecraft will provide first-hand data for a range of sectors in China, including disaster reduction, meteorology, maritime transportation, global climate change research, oceanographic research, as well as surveying and mapping.

HY-2B was lifted in October 2018 atop a Long March 4B at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province.