FY-2D Satellite Mission Summary

Identifierfy-2dNamesFY-2D Geostationary Meteorological SatelliteFY-2D About identifiers

SeriesFY-2fy-2

Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.

Full Name

FY-2D Geostationary Meteorological Satellite

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NSMC-CMA, NRSCC

Launch Date

08 Dec 2006

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

30 Jun 2015

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

-86.5 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

29640

International Designator

2006-053A

DCS (FY) - Data Collection Service fy-2d_dcs-fy

VISSR-II - Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer-2 fy-2d_vissr-2

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