Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-4A Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4 O/A
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
11 Dec 2016
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-105 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AGRI - Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager |
| GIIRS - Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder |
| LMI - Lightning Mapping Imager |
| SEMP - Space Environment Monitoring Package |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GIIRS |
| Atmospheric Winds | AGRI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AGRI |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | LMI |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GIIRS |
| Lightning Detection | LMI |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | SEMP |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AGRI |
| Surface temperature (land) | AGRI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AGRI |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | AGRI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AGRI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AGRI |
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