WMO OSCAR | Satellite: FY-3F

Satellite: FY-3F

Satellite details

Acronym	FY-3F
Full name	Feng-Yun 3F
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	no link provided
Data access information	Real-time availability of HIRAS, ERM-2, GNOS, MERSI-2, MWHS-2, MWTS-2, OMS (limb+nadir), SES (IPM+SEM+WAI), SIM-2 and WindRAD by MTP. Real-time availability of a selection of data by AHRPT.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	836 km
ECT	10:00 desc

Space agency	CMA , NRSCC
Status	Planned
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	Dec 2022	EOL	≥2028
Last update:	2022-03-21

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

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

Feng-Yun - 3
- FY-3A (2008 - 2015)
- FY-3B (2010 - 2021)
- FY-3C (2013 - 2022)
- FY-3D (2017 - 2022)
- FY-3E (2021 - 2027)
- FY-3F (2022-12 - 2028)
- FY-3G (2023 - 2027)
- FY-3H (2023 - 2029)
- FY-3I (2026 - 2034)
- FY-3J (2027 - 2035)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on FY-3F

Acronym	Full name
MWHS-2	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder -2
SWS/IPM	Space Weather Suite / Ionospheric PhotoMeter
SWS/WAI	Space Weather Suite / Wide-field Auroral Imager
MWRI	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager
MWTS-3	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder - 3
HIRAS-2	Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder - 2
SWS/SEM/FGM	Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor / Flux Gate Magnetometer
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

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on FY-3F

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status
MWHS-2	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder -2	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
SWS/IPM	Space Weather Suite / Ionospheric PhotoMeter	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
SWS/WAI	Space Weather Suite / Wide-field Auroral Imager	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
MWRI	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
MWTS-3	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder - 3	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
HIRAS-2	Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder - 2	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
SWS/SEM/FGM	Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor / Flux Gate Magnetometer	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
GNOS-2	GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder - 2	Mar 2023 *	≥2028 *	N/A
OMS-nadir	Ozone Monitoring Suite - nadir scanning unit	Mar 2023 *	*	N/A
OMS-limb	Ozone Monitoring Suite - limb scanning unit	Mar 2023 *	*	N/A
MERSI-3	Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3	Mar 2023 *	*	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details

Service	Dir or Mode	Frequency	Bandwidth	Polarisation	D/A	Comments
MWRI	passive	10650 MHz	180000 kHz	H&V	A	Window channel
MWRI	passive	18700 MHz	200000 kHz	H&V	A	Window channel
MWRI	passive	23800 MHz	400000 kHz	H&V	A	Water vapour channel
MWRI	passive	36500 MHz	400000 kHz	H&V	A	Window channel
MWRI	passive	89000 MHz	3000000 kHz	H&V	A	Window channel
MWTS-3	passive	23800 MHz	270000 kHz	H or V	A	Water vapour channel
MWTS-3	passive	31400 MHz	180000 kHz	H or V	A	Window channel
MWTS-3	passive	50210 - 57455 MHz	N/R kHz	H or V	A	Oxygen band, 13 channels
MWHS-2	passive	89000 MHz	1500000 kHz	V	A	Window channel
MWHS-2	passive	112750 - 124750 MHz	N/R kHz	H	A	Oxygen band, 8 channels
MWHS-2	passive	150000 MHz	1500000 kHz	V	A	Weak water vapour channel
MWHS-2	passive	175310 - 191310 MHz	N/R kHz	H	A	Water vapour band, 5 channels