WMO OSCAR | Satellite: FY-3H

Satellite: FY-3H

Satellite details

Acronym	FY-3H
Full name	Feng-Yun 3H
Satellite Description	7th 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, GAS, GNOS, MERSI-2, MWHS-2, MWRI, MWTS-2 and SES (IPM+SEM+WAI) by MTP. Real-time availability of a selection of data by AHRPT.
Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit	Altitude	836 km
ECT	14:00 asc

Space agency	CMA , NRSCC
Status	Planned
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	≥2023	EOL	≥2029
Last update:	2022-02-28

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 - 2023)
- 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-3H

Acronym	Full name
MWHS-2	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder -2
MWRI	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager
MWTS-3	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder - 3
ERM-2	Earth Radiation Measurement - 2
SIM-2	Solar Irradiance Monitor - 2
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
MERSI-3	Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3
GAS-2	Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on FY-3H

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status
MWHS-2	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder -2	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
MWRI	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
MWTS-3	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder - 3	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
ERM-2	Earth Radiation Measurement - 2	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
SIM-2	Solar Irradiance Monitor - 2	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
HIRAS-2	Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder - 2	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
SWS/SEM/FGM	Space Weather Suite / Space Environment Monitor / Flux Gate Magnetometer	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
GNOS-2	GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder - 2	≥2023 *	≥2029 *	N/A
MERSI-3	Medium Resolution Spectral Imager - 3	≥2023 *	TBD *	N/A
GAS-2	Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2	≥2023 *	TBD *	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

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	passive	10.65 GHz	180 MHz	H&V	Window channel
MWRI	passive	18.7 GHz	200 MHz	H&V	Window channel
MWRI	passive	23.8 GHz	400 MHz	H&V	Water vapour channel
MWRI	passive	36.5 GHz	400 MHz	H&V	Window channel
MWRI	passive	89 GHz	3000 MHz	H&V	Window channel
MWTS-3	passive	23.8 GHz	270 MHz	H&V	Water vapour channel
MWTS-3	passive	31.4 GHz	180 MHz	H&V	Window channel
MWTS-3	passive	50 GHz - 57.455 GHz	0 MHz	H or V	Oxygen band, 13 channels
MWHS-2	passive	89 GHz	1500 MHz	V	Window channel
MWHS-2	passive	113 GHz - 124.75 GHz	0 MHz	H	Oxygen band, 8 channels
MWHS-2	passive	150 GHz	1500 MHz	V	Weak water vapour channel
MWHS-2	passive	175 GHz - 191.31 GHz	0 MHz	H	Water vapour band, 5 channels