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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
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
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
FY-3F
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
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