Objectives and Applications
Rainfall measurement.
Full Name
FY-3 Rainfall Mission 1
aka FY-3G, FY-3RM-1
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
16 Apr 2023
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2028
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
407 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GNOS-2 - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-2 |
| MERSI-RM - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Rainfall Measurement |
| MWRI-RM - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager for the Rainfall Mission |
| PMR - Precipitation Measurement Radar |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS-2, MERSI-RM, MWRI-RM |
| Atmospheric Winds | MWRI-RM |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MERSI-RM |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERSI-RM |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | PMR |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS-2 |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GNOS-2 |
| Land | Soil moisture | MWRI-RM |
| Vegetation | MERSI-RM |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MERSI-RM |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MWRI-RM |
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