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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- FY-4A
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Full Name
FY-4A Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4 O/A
Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
NSMC-CMA
,
NRSCC
Launch Date
11 Dec 2016
Mission Links
mission site
|
data access portal
EOL Date
Dec 2024
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
41882
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2016-077A
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-105 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Mission Measurements
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
SEP
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
Mission Instruments
AGRI - Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager
GIIRS - Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder
LMI - Lightning Mapping Imager
SEP - Space Environment Monitoring Instrument Package
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