Objectives and Applications
Meteorology and environmental monitoring; data collection and redistribution.
Full Name
FY-3H Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Commissioning
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
27 Sep 2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2033
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:00
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GAS-2 - Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2 |
GNOS-2 - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-2 |
| HIRAS-2 - Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-2 |
| IPM - Ionospheric PhotoMeter |
| MERSI-3 - Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-3 |
| MWHS-2 - Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-2 |
| MWRI-2 - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-2 |
| MWTS-3 - Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-3 |
| WAI-2 - Wide-field Auroral Imager-2 |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS-2, HIRAS-2, MERSI-3, MWHS-2, MWRI-2 |
| Atmospheric Winds | MWRI-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MERSI-3 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERSI-3 |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS-2, HIRAS-2, MWHS-2, MWTS-3 |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GNOS-2 |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MERSI-3 |
| Vegetation | MERSI-3 |
| Snow & Ice | Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MERSI-3 |
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