On November 04, 2010 at 18:37 UTC the "Chang Zheng-4C” rocket-carrier with the "Feng Yun-3B” meteorological satellite was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province.

On November 2, 2010 the "Soyuz-2.1 a” rocket-carrier and the "Fregat” upper stage orbited the "Meridian” Russian military communication satellite.The rocket was launched at 01:01 UTC from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. It was the third Meridian satellite launched since 2006. The Meridian satellites are replacements for Molniya communications satellites providing coverage of high latitude polar regions of Russia.