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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- FY-3D
-
Full Name
FY-3D Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
NSMC-CMA
,
NRSCC
Launch Date
15 Nov 2017
Mission Links
mission site
|
data access portal
EOL Date
Dec 2023
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
43010
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2017-072A
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
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Mission Measurements
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
Mission Instruments
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
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