FY-4
Spacecraft · China
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Chinese geosynchonous orbit weather satellite, replacing the FY-2 series. Uses the SAST5000 bus. Meteorology satellite operated by National Satellite Meteorological Centre, China. Launched 2016.
FY-4 carried a 0.5 km resolution imager, a 913-channel IR sounder, a lightning mapping imager, and a space environment package.
More at: FY-4.
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2016 December 10
16:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Xichang. Launch Complex: Xichang LC3. LV Family: CZ. Launch Vehicle: Chang Zheng 3B/G2.- Fengyun-4 01 - .
Payload: Fengyun 4A. Nation: China.
Class: Earth.
Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft: FY-4.
USAF Sat Cat: 41882 . COSPAR: 2016-077A. Apogee: 35,803 km (22,246 mi). Perigee: 184 km (114 mi). Inclination: 28.40 deg.
First satellite in the FY-4 series, placed in a geotransfer orbit. China's FY-1 and newer FY-3 series were polar orbiting weather satellites comparable to the NOAA polar series, while the FY-2 constellation, to be superseded by the FY-4 system, consistd of geostationary satellites like NOAA's GOES. FY-4 No. 1 carried a 0.5 km resolution imager, a 913-channel IR sounder, a lightning mapping imager, and a space environment package.