在敬爱的周恩来总理“要搞我们自己的气象卫星”方针指引下 ,中国的气象卫星事业经历了创建、成长和壮大三个阶段。现已建成国家气象卫星资料接收处理中心以及设在北京、广州、乌鲁木齐 3个气象卫星地面站的气象卫星应用系统。 1988～ 2 0 0 0年我国共发射了 5颗气象卫星 ,成为 Guided by the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai’s principle of “pursuing our own weather satellites,” China’s meteorological satellite industry has undergone three stages of creation, growth and expansion. Now we have set up a national meteorological satellite data receiving and processing center and three meteorological satellite ground stations in Beijing, Guangzhou and Urumqi. From 1988 to 2000, a total of 5 meteorological satellites were launched in our country and became