WMO OSCAR | Satellite: FY-1C

Satellite: FY-1C

Satellite details

Acronym	FY-1C
Full name	Feng-Yun - 1C
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	3rd flight unit of the FY-1 programme. Main mission: operational meteorology. Significant contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch	954 kg	Dry mass
Power	256 W
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Real-time availability of full resolution data by the CHRPT system.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	862 km
ECT	07:00 desc

Space agency	CMA , NRSCC
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	10 May 1999	EOL	26 Apr 2004
Last update:	2017-12-11

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-1C

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-1C

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	Instrument calibration
MVISR	Multichannel Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer	Aug 1999 *	26 Apr 2004	N/A	gsics.nsmc.org.cn
SEM/HEPD	Space Environment Monitor - High Energy Particle Detector	Aug 1999 *	26 Apr 2004	N/A
SEM/IMS	Space Environment Monitor - Ionosphere Measurement Sensor	10 Aug 1999 *	26 Apr 2004 *	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed