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 2029
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
ERM-2 - Earth Radiation Measurement-2 |
| GNOS-2 - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-2 |
| HIRAS-2 - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-2 |
| MERSI-3 - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-3 |
| MWHS-2 - Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-2 |
| MWRI-2 - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-2 |
| MWTS-3 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-3 |
| OMS-L - Ozone Monitoring Suite -Limb |
| OMS-N - Ozone Monitoring Suite -Nadir |
| SIM-2 - Solar Irradiance Monitor-2 |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | OMS-N |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS-2, HIRAS-2, MERSI-3, MWHS-2, MWRI-2, OMS-N |
| Atmospheric Winds | MWRI-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MERSI-3 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERSI-3 |
| Ozone | OMS-L, OMS-N |
| Radiation budget | ERM-2, SIM-2 |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | OMS-L, OMS-N |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS-2, HIRAS-2, MWHS-2, MWTS-3 |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GNOS-2 |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MERSI-3 |
| Vegetation | MERSI-3 |
| Snow & Ice | Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MERSI-3 |
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