FY-3E Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.

Mission Summary

Full Name
FY-3E Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
05 Jul 2021
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2026
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.753 deg
Orbit Altitude
830 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00
Repeat Cycle
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International Designator

Mission Instruments

ASI - Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
ERM-2 - Improved Earth Radiation Measurement
GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder
HIRAS - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder
MERSI-LL - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Low-Light
MWHS-2 - Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder
MWTS-2 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2
SES - Space Environment Suite, improved SEM
SIM-2 - Solar Irradiation Monitor-2
SSIM - Solar Spectral Irradiance Monitor
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
SWS/Tri-IPM  - Space Weather Suite / Triple-angle Ionospheric PhotoMeter
WindRAD - Wind Radar

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MWHS-2, MWTS-2
Atmospheric Winds WindRAD
Ozone ASI, MWHS-2
Radiation budget ERM-2, SIM-2, SSIM
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MWHS-2, MWTS-2
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements SES, SWS/SEM/HEPD, SWS/SEM/IMS 
LandVegetation MERSI-LL
OceanOcean colour/biology MERSI-LL
Ocean surface winds WindRAD

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