FY-3RM-2 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - FY-3RM-2 -

Full Name

FY-3 Rainfall Mission 2
aka FY-3J

Status

Planned

Mission Agencies

NSMC-CMA

Launch Date

2025

Mission Links

EOL Date

2030

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Rainfall measurement.

Mission Measurements

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

Mission Instruments

GNOS - GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder

MERSI-S - Improved Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - Simplified

MWRI - Micro-Wave Radiation Imager

PR - Precipitation Radar

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