Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-2F Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
13 Jan 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Apr 2022
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | VISSR-II |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | VISSR-II |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | VISSR-II |
| Radiation budget | VISSR-II |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | VISSR-II |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | VISSR-II |
| Vegetation | VISSR-II |
| Surface temperature (land) | VISSR-II |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | VISSR-II |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | VISSR-II |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | VISSR-II |
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