FY-1C Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - FY-1C -

Full Name

FY-1C Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NRSCC , NSMC-CMA

Launch Date

10 May 1999

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

10 May 2001

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

102.3 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

98.85 deg

Orbit Altitude

863 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

8:50

Repeat Cycle

10.61 days

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, Environmental monitoring.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	MVISR (10 channels)
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	MVISR (10 channels)
	Radiation budget	MVISR (10 channels)
Land	Albedo and reflectance	MVISR (10 channels)
	Vegetation	MVISR (10 channels)
	Surface temperature (land)	MVISR (10 channels)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	MVISR (10 channels)
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	MVISR (10 channels)
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	MVISR (10 channels)
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	MVISR (10 channels)
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	MVISR (10 channels)

Mission Instruments

MVISR (10 channels) - Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels)

OpenSearch Datasets

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