Objectives and Applications
Rainfall measurement.
Full Name
FY-3 Rainfall Mission 1
aka FY-3G
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
16 Apr 2023
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2028
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder |
| MERSI-S - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Simplified |
| MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager |
| PR - Precipitation Radar |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS, MWRI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MWRI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MWRI, PR |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MWRI, PR |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS, MWRI |
| Land | Soil moisture | MWRI |
| Vegetation | MERSI-S |
| Surface temperature (land) | MWRI |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-S |
| Ocean surface winds | MWRI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | MWRI |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MWRI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MWRI |
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