BackForward Satellite: FY-3G 

Satellite details
Acronym FY-3G
Full name Feng Yun 3G
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Previously named FY-3RM-1 as 1st flight unit of the FY-3RM programme, now integrated in the FY-3 programme
  • Main mission: continuity of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM).
  • Substantial contribution to climatology.
  • More details here: https://spj.science.org/doi/full/10.34133/remotesensing.0097
Mass at launch Dry mass 3850 kg
Power 2600 W
Data access link https://satellite.nsmc.org.cn/portalsite/
Data access information
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 407 km
Inclination 50 °

 

Space agency CMANRSCC
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
  • Orbit moves westward by about 5.158° per day with one revolution in 70 d
Launch 16 Apr 2023 EOL ≥2029
Last update: 2024-02-05
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 FY-3G

Acronym Full name
PMR Precipitation Measurement Radar
GNOS-2 GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder - 2
MERSI-RM MERSI-Rainfall Measurement
MWRI-RM Micro-Wave Radiation Imager for the Rainfall Mission
HAOC High Accuracy On-board Calibrator
PMAI Short-wave Infrared Polarized Multi-Angle Imager
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
MWRI-RM passive 10.65 GHz 180 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-RM passive 18.7 GHz 200 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-RM passive 23.8 GHz 400 MHz H&V Water vapour channel
MWRI-RM passive 36.5 GHz 400 MHz H&V Window channel
MWRI-RM passive 89 GHz 3000 MHz H&V Window channel
Rainradar active 13.35 GHz - H Ku-band precipitation radar
Rainradar active 35.55 GHz - H Ka-band precipitation radar
MWRI-RM passive 50.3 GHz 400 MHz H&V Temperature sounding channel
MWRI-RM passive 52.61 GHz 400 MHz H&V Temperature sounding channel
MWRI-RM passive 53.24 GHz 400 MHz H&V Temperature sounding channel
MWRI-RM passive 53.75 GHz 400 MHz H&V Temperature sounding channel
MWRI-RM passive 113 GHz - 124.7503 GHz 0 MHz V Temperature sounding channels
MWRI-RM passive 175 GHz - 191.31 GHz 0 MHz V Water vapour sounding channels
MWRI-RM passive 164 GHz - 167 GHz 0 MHz V Water vapour channel
Frequencies for scientific data acquisition and communication services at ground stations
Service Direction Frequency (MHz) Bandwidth (kHz) Polarisation D/A Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz) Comments
MPT S-E 7784 MHz - 7796 MHz - D  
DPT S-E 8025 MHz - 8400 MHz - D