FY-1B Satellite Mission Summary

Full Name

FY-1B Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

CAST , NSMC-CMA

Launch Date

03 Sep 1990

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

05 Aug 1991

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 #

20788 (TLE)

International Designator

1990-081A

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