FY-3I Satellite Mission Summary

Identifierfy-3iNamesFY-3 Rainfall Mission 2FY-3IAliasesfy-3rm-2 About identifiers

SeriesFY-3fy-3

Rainfall measurement.

Full Name

FY-3 Rainfall Mission 2
aka FY-3I, FY-3RM-2

Mission Status

Planned

Mission Agencies

NSMC-CMA, CNSA

Launch Date

2028

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

2034

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

92 minutes

Orbit Sense

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

407 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

GNOS-2 - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-2 fy-3i_gnos-2

MERSI-RM - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Rainfall Measurement fy-3i_mersi-rm

MWRI-RM - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager for the Rainfall Mission fy-3i_mwri-rm

NAMS - Neutral Atmospheric Mass Spectrometer fy-3i_nams

PMR - Precipitation Measurement Radar fy-3i_pmr-fy

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	GNOS-2, MERSI-RM, MWRI-RM
	Atmospheric Winds	MWRI-RM
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	MERSI-RM
	Cloud particle properties and profile	MERSI-RM, PMR
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	GNOS-2
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	GNOS-2
Land	Soil moisture	MWRI-RM
	Vegetation	MERSI-RM
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	MERSI-RM
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	MWRI-RM

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