Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-4C Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4C
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
26 Dec 2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2035
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
35780 km
Orbit Longitude
133 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GIIRS-III |
| Atmospheric Winds | AGRI-III |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AGRI-III |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | LMI |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GIIRS-III |
| Lightning Detection | LMI |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | MUSI |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AGRI-III |
| Surface temperature (land) | AGRI-III |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AGRI-III |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AGRI-III |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AGRI-III |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AGRI-III |
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