Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-3H Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Planned
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
2029
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ASI - Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
| ERM-2 - Improved Earth Radiation Measurement |
| GAS - Greenhouse gases Absorption Spectrometer |
| GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder |
| HIRAS - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
| MERSI-3 - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3 |
| MVIRS - Moderate Resolution Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MWHS-2 - Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder |
| MWTS-2 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2 |
OMS - Ozone Monitoring Suite |
| SIM-2 - Solar Irradiation Monitor-2 |
| WindRAD - Wind Radar |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MVIRS, MWHS-2, MWTS-2 |
| Atmospheric Winds | MVIRS, WindRAD |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MVIRS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MVIRS |
| Ozone | ASI, MWHS-2 |
| Radiation budget | ERM-2, SIM-2 |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GAS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MWHS-2, MWTS-2 |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MVIRS |
| Soil moisture | MVIRS |
| Vegetation | MERSI-3, MVIRS |
| Surface temperature (land) | MVIRS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MVIRS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-3 |
| Ocean surface winds | WindRAD |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | MVIRS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MVIRS |
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