FY-4B Satellite

Description

2nd 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	133°E (before 2024-02-01), 105°E (after 2024-03-05)
Mass at launch	approx. 5400 kg
Power	3200 W
Launch	2021-06-03

Payload

Acronym	Full name
AGRI	Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager
GIIRS	Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder
GHI	Geostationary High-speed Imager
SEP	Space Environment Monitoring Instrument Package

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