Objectives and Applications
Rainfall measurement.
Full Name
FY-3 Rainfall Mission 2
aka FY-3I
Mission Status
Planned
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
2030
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder |
MERSI-S - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Simplified |
MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager |
PR - Precipitation Radar |
Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GNOS, MWRI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MWRI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MWRI, PR |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MWRI, PR |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GNOS, MWRI |
Land | Soil moisture | MWRI |
| Vegetation | MERSI-S |
| Surface temperature (land) | MWRI |
Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERSI-S |
| Ocean surface winds | MWRI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | MWRI |
Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MWRI |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MWRI |
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