BackForward Satellite: FY-3F 

Satellite details
Acronym FY-3F
Full name Feng-Yun 3F
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 6th flight unit of the FY-3 series.
  • Main mission: operational meteorology.
  • Substantial contribution to ocean and ice monitoring, climate monitoring, atmospheric chemistry and space weather.
Mass at launch 2300 kg Dry mass 2250 kg
Power 2500 W
Data access link https://satellite.nsmc.org.cn/portalsite/
Data access information
  • Real-time availability of a selection of data by MPT.
  • All instrument data available by DPT.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 836 km
ECT 10:00 desc

 

Space agency CMA , NRSCC
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 03 Aug 2023 EOL ≥2029
Last update: 2025-02-06
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

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

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on FY-3F

Acronym Full name
MWHS-2 Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder -2
MWTS-3 Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder - 3
HIRAS-2 Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder - 2
GNOS-2 GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder - 2
OMS-nadir Ozone Monitoring Suite - nadir scanning unit
OMS-limb Ozone Monitoring Suite - limb scanning unit
MERSI-3 Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3
MWRI-2 Micro-Wave Radiation Imager 2
ERM-2 Earth Radiation Measurement - 2
SIM-2 Solar Irradiance Monitor - 2
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
MWRI-2 passive 10.65 GHz 180 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-2 passive 18.7 GHz 200 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-2 passive 23.8 GHz 400 MHz H&V Water vapour channel
MWRI-2 passive 36.5 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-2 passive 89 GHz 3000 MHz H&V Window channel
MWTS-3 passive 23.8 GHz 270 MHz QH Water vapour channel
MWTS-3 passive 31.4 GHz 180 MHz QH Window channel
MWTS-3 passive 50.3 GHz 180 MHz QV Window channel
MWHS-2 passive 89 GHz 1500 MHz QH Window channel
MWHS-2 passive 112.75 GHz - 124.75 GHz - QV Oxygen band, 8 channels
MWHS-2 passive 166 GHz 1500 MHz QH Weak water vapour channel
MWHS-2 passive 175.31 GHz - 191.31 GHz - QV Water vapour band, 5 channels
MWRI-2 passive 50.3 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-2 passive 112.7503 GHz - 124.7503 GHz - V Temperature sounding channels
MWRI-2 passive 52.41 GHz - 53.95 GHz - H&V Oxygen band for temperature sounding
MWTS-3 passive 51.76 GHz 400 MHz QV Oxygen band for temperature sounding
MWTS-3 passive 52.61 GHz - 57.61 GHz - QV Oxygen band for temperature sounding