Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-3D Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
15 Nov 2017
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.753 deg
Orbit Altitude
830 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
14:00
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GAS-1 - Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 1 |
GNOS-1 - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-1 |
| HIRAS-1 - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-1 |
| IPM - Ionospheric PhotoMeter |
| MERSI-2 - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-2 |
| MWHS-2 - Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-2 |
| MWRI-1 - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-1 |
| MWTS-2 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2 |
| SEM (FY-3) - Space Environment Monitor |
| WAI - Wide-field Auroral Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS-1, HIRAS-1, MERSI-2, MWHS-2 |
| Atmospheric Winds | MWRI-1 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MERSI-2 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERSI-2, MWRI-1 |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MWRI-1 |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GAS-1 |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS-1, HIRAS-1, MWHS-2, MWRI-1, MWTS-2 |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GNOS-1, WAI |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MERSI-2 |
| Vegetation | MERSI-2 |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MERSI-2, MWRI-1 |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MWRI-1 |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MERSI-2, MWRI-1 |
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