CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - FY-2E -
Full Name FY-2E Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies NSMC-CMA, NRSCC Launch Date 23 Dec 2008
Mission Links mission site | data access portal EOL Date 11 Jan 2019
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 33463 (TLE)
International Designator 2008-066A
Orbit Type Geostationary Orbit Period
Orbit Sense N/A Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude 36000 km Orbit Longitude -105 deg
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereCloud type, amount and cloud top temperature VISSR-2
Cloud particle properties and profile VISSR-2
Liquid water and precipitation rate VISSR-2
Radiation budget VISSR-2
Atmospheric Temperature Fields VISSR-2
LandAlbedo and reflectance VISSR-2
Vegetation VISSR-2
Surface temperature (land) VISSR-2
Multi-purpose imagery (land) VISSR-2
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) VISSR-2
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) VISSR-2
Mission Instruments
VISSR-2 - Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer-2
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 1 )
FengYun 2E Visible and Infrared Spin Scan-Radiometer Level 1 data set

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