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FY-3F Satellite

Description

• Planned 7th 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	10:00~10:20 desc
Launch	2023-08-03
End of service	≥2031

Payload

Picture	Acronym	Full name
	MERSI-III	Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-III
	HIRAS-II	Hyperspectral Infrared Atmospheric Sounder-II
	MWTS-II	Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-II
	MWHS-II	Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-II
	MWRI-II	Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-II
	GNOS-II	GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-II
	OMS-L	Ozone Monitoring Suite -Limb
	OMS-N	Ozone Monitoring Suite -Nadir
	ERM-II	Earth Radiation Measurement-II
	SIM-II	Solar Irradiance Monitor-II

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