FY-4A Satellite

Description

1st flight unit of the FY-4 series.

Mission objectives:

• Support nowcasting and severe weather warning.
• Support NWP (numerical weather prediction), regional and global.
• Support climate applications.
• Support environment and disaster monitoring.

Orbit	Geostationary orbit
Altitude	35786 km
Position	104.7°E
Mass at launch	approx. 5400 kg
Power	3200 W
Launch	2016-12-11

Payload

Acronym	Full name
AGRI	Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager
GIIRS	Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder
LMI	Lightning Mapping Imager
SEP	Space Environment Monitoring Instrument Package

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