FY-3RM-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Rainfall measurement.

Mission Summary

Full Name
FY-3 Rainfall Mission 2
aka FY-3I
Mission Status
Planned
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
2030
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
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International Designator

Mission Instruments

GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder
MERSI-S - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Simplified
MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager
PR - Precipitation Radar

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric 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
LandSoil moisture MWRI
Vegetation MERSI-S
Surface temperature (land) MWRI
OceanOcean colour/biology MERSI-S
Ocean surface winds MWRI
Surface temperature (ocean) MWRI
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MWRI
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness MWRI

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