FY-4B Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - FY-4B -

Full Name

FY-4B Geostationary Meteorological Satellite
aka FY-4 O/B

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

NSMC-CMA , NRSCC

Launch Date

03 Jun 2021

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Dec 2028

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

48808 (TLE)

International Designator

2021-047A

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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