Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-3F Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
03 Aug 2023
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2028
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
ASI - Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
| GAS - Greenhouse gases Absorption Spectrometer |
| GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder |
| HIRAS - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
| MERSI-3 - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3 |
| MVIRS - Moderate Resolution Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectroradiometer |
| MWHS-2 - Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder |
| MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager |
| MWTS-2 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2 |
| SES - Space Environment Suite, improved SEM |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | ASI, GNOS, HIRAS, MVIRS, MWHS-2, MWRI, MWTS-2 |
| Atmospheric Winds | MVIRS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MVIRS, MWRI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MWRI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MVIRS, 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 |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MVIRS |
| Soil moisture | MVIRS, MWRI |
| Vegetation | MERSI-3, MVIRS |
| Surface temperature (land) | MVIRS, MWRI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MVIRS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-3 |
| Ocean surface winds | MWRI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | MVIRS, MWRI |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MVIRS, MWRI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MWRI |
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