Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
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
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
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
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 |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric 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 Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | SES, SWS/SEM/HEPD, SWS/SEM/IMS |
| Land | Vegetation | MERSI-LL |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-LL |
| Ocean surface winds | WindRAD |
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