FY-3D Satellite

Description

• 4th flight unit of the FY-3 series.
• Main mission: operational meteorology.
• Substantial contribution to ocean and ice monitoring, climate monitoring.
• Significant contribution to atmospheric chemistry and space weather.

Orbit	Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude	836 km
ECT	14:00 asc
Dry mass	2300 kg
Power	2500 W
Launch	2017-11-15

Payload

Acronym	Full name
MERSI-2	Medium Resolution Spectral Imager
MWHS-2	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder
MWTS-2	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder
HIRAS	Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder
MWRI	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager
GAS	Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer
WAI	Wide-field Auroral Imager
IPM	Ionospheric PhotoMeter
GNOS	GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder
SEM	Space Environment Monitor

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