FY-1A Satellite Mission Summary

Identifierfy-1aNamesFY-1A Polar-orbiting Meteorological SatelliteFY-1A About identifiers

SeriesFY-1fy-1

Full Name

FY-1A Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

CAST, NSMC-CMA

Launch Date

07 Sep 1988

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

16 Oct 1988

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

TBD

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

901 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

19467

International Designator

1988-080A

MVISR (5 channels) - Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (5 channels) fy-1a_mvisr-5-channels

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	MVISR (5 channels)
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	MVISR (5 channels)
	Radiation budget	MVISR (5 channels)
Land	Vegetation	MVISR (5 channels)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	MVISR (5 channels)
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	MVISR (5 channels)
Snow & Ice	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	MVISR (5 channels)

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