FY-4B Satellite Mission Summary

Identifierfy-4bNamesFY-4B Geostationary Meteorological SatelliteFY-4BAliasesfy-4-o-b About identifiers

SeriesFY-4fy-4

Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.

Full Name

FY-4B Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4B

Mission Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

NSMC-CMA, CNSA

Launch Date

03 Jun 2021

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Dec 2028

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

35780 km

Orbit Longitude

105 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

48808

International Designator

2021-047A

AGRI-II - Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager fy-4b_agri-ii

FGM - FluxGate Magnetometer fy-4b_fgm

GHI-1 - Geostationary High-speed Imager-1 fy-4b_ghi-1

GIIRS-II - Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder-II fy-4b_giirs-ii

SEMP - Space Environment Monitoring Package fy-4b_semp

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	GIIRS-II
	Atmospheric Winds	AGRI-II
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	AGRI-II, GHI-1
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	GIIRS-II
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	FGM, SEMP
Land	Albedo and reflectance	AGRI-II
	Surface temperature (land)	AGRI-II
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	AGRI-II, GHI-1
Ocean	Ocean surface winds	AGRI-II
	Surface temperature (ocean)	AGRI-II
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	AGRI-II

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