FY-1C Satellite

Description

  • 3rd flight unit of the FY-1 series.
  • Main mission: operational meteorology.
  • Significant contribution to space weather.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude 862 km
ECT 07:00 desc
Mass at launch 954 kg
Power 256 W
Launch 1999-05-10
End of service 2004-04-26

Instruments

Acronym Full name
MVISR  Multichannel Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer
SEM  Space Environment Monitor

Data Circulation

Onboard stored data at reduced resolution and selected frames at full resolution are dowlinked by GDPT (Global Delayed Picture Transmission) to stations of the China National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC) in Beijing, Guangzhou and Urumqi.

Real-time broadcasting of full resolution data by the CHRPT (Chinese High Resolution Picture Transmission) to properly equipped (HRPT-like) local stations.

Gallery

FY-1C

FY-1C launch

FY-1C

First image by FY-1C