FY-4B Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.

Mission Summary

Full Name
FY-4B Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4 O/B
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
NSMC-CMA, CNSA
Launch Date
03 Jun 2021
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2028
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-105 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

AGRI - Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager
FGM - FluxGate Magnetometer
GIIRS - Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder
SEMP - Space Environment Monitoring Package

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields GIIRS
Atmospheric Winds AGRI
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature AGRI
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements FGM, SEMP
LandAlbedo and reflectance AGRI
Surface temperature (land) AGRI
Multi-purpose imagery (land) AGRI
OceanOcean surface winds AGRI
Surface temperature (ocean) AGRI
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) AGRI

OpenSearch Datasets

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