BackForward Satellite: HY-2D 

Satellite details
Acronym HY-2D
Full name Hai Yang 2D
Satellite Description
  • 4th flight unit of the HY-2 programme.
  • Main mission: ocean observation.
Mass at launch 1575 kg Dry mass
Power
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data distributed by NSOAS.
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 1336 km
Inclination 66 °

 

Space agency NSOAS , CAST
Status Commissioning
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 19 May 2021 EOL ≥2026
Last update: 2021-05-19
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 HY-2D

Acronym Full name
ALT Radar Altimeter
DORIS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
LRA Laser Retroreflector Array
SCAT Scatterometer
CMR Calibration Microwave Radiometer
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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
DORIS E-S 401.25 MHz 23K0G1D 23  kHz RHCP D   Precise positioning by DORIS
DORIS E-S 2036.25 MHz 95K0G1D 95  kHz RHCP D   Precise positioning by DORIS
ALT active 5250 - 5250 MHz N/R  kHz - A   C-band radar altimeter
ALT active 13580 - 13580 MHz N/R  kHz - A   Ku-band radar altimeter
SCAT active 13256 - 13256 MHz N/R  kHz - A   Ku-band scatterometer