BackForward Satellite: HY-3A (HY-1E) 

Satellite details
Acronym HY-3A (HY-1E)
Full name Hai Yang 3A
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • First flight of HY-3 programme also referred to as HY-1E 
  • Main mission: ocean observation.
  • A new generation ocean colour satellite
  • Updated version of COCTS
  • Updated coastal zone imager
  • A new moderate resolution spectro-radiometer will be part of the payload
Mass at launch 442 kg Dry mass 429 kg
Power 510 W
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • Data distributed by NSOAS.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 781 km
ECT 10:30 desc

 

Space agency NSOAS , CAST
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 16 Nov 2023 EOL ≥2031
Last update: 2025-05-12
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-3A (HY-1E)

Acronym Full name
AIS Automated Identification System
PMRIS Programmable Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
COCTS2 China Ocean Colour & Temperature Scanner 2
CZI2 Coastal Zone Imager 2
Show instrument status and calibration