BackForward Satellite: HY-3B 

Satellite details
Acronym HY-3B
Full name Hai Yang 3B
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Second flight of HY-3 programme 
  • 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

 

Space agency NSOAS , CAST
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2027 EOL ≥2035
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-3B

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
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