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
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International Designator
ASI - Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
| GAS - Greenhouse gases Absorption Spectrometer |
| GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder |
| HIRAS - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
| MERSI-2 - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager |
| MWHS-2 - Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder |
| MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager |
| MWTS-2 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2 |
| SES - Space Environment Suite, improved SEM |
| SWS/SEM/HEPD - Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor/ High Energy Particle Detector |
| SWS/SEM/IMS - Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor / Ionosphere Measurement Sensor |
| WAI - Wide-field Auroral Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MWHS-2, MWRI, MWTS-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MWRI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MWRI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MWRI |
| Ozone | ASI, MWHS-2 |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GAS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MWHS-2, MWRI, MWTS-2 |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | SES, SWS/SEM/HEPD, SWS/SEM/IMS , WAI |
| Land | Soil moisture | MWRI |
| Vegetation | MERSI-2 |
| Surface temperature (land) | MWRI |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-2 |
| Ocean surface winds | MWRI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | MWRI |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MWRI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MWRI |
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