WMO OSCAR | Satellite: FY-1B

Satellite: FY-1B

Satellite details

Acronym	FY-1B
Full name	Feng-Yun - 1B
Satellite Description	2nd flight unit of the FY-1 programme. Main mission: operational meteorology. Significant contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch	880 kg	Dry mass
Power
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Real-time availability of full resolution data by the CHRPT system.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	900 km
ECT	07:50 desc

Space agency	CMA , NRSCC
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	03 Sep 1990	EOL	05 Aug 1991
Last update:	2018-10-11

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Feng-Yun - 1
- FY-1A (1988 - 1988)
- FY-1B (1990 - 1991)
- FY-1C (1999 - 2004)
- FY-1D (2002 - 2012)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on FY-1B

Acronym	Full name
MVISR	Multichannel Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
SEM/HEPD	Space Environment Monitor - High Energy Particle Detector
SEM/IMS	Space Environment Monitor - Ionosphere Measurement Sensor

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on FY-1B

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	Instrument landing page
MVISR	Multichannel Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer	Dec 1990 *	05 Aug 1991	N/A	gsics.nsmc.org.cn
SEM/HEPD	Space Environment Monitor - High Energy Particle Detector	Dec 1990 *	05 Aug 1991	N/A
SEM/IMS	Space Environment Monitor - Ionosphere Measurement Sensor	03 Dec 1990 *	05 Aug 1991 *	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed