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China Meteorological Administration (CMA) is China's national meteorological authority, responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and the country's operational Earth-observation satellite programme. CMA operates the Fengyun satellite system, which marks its 50th anniversary of operation.^[1] The Fengyun programme spans two orbital families: the FY-3 series of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites and the FY-4 series of geostationary meteorological satellites, operated through CMA's National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC).^[2] CMA instruments carried on the Fengyun platform include the Microwave Temperature Sounder-3 (MWTS-3), which contributes to global weather data exchange under WMO coordination.^[3]

Operates

Fengyun-2H (FY-2H)extended
launched 2018-06-05 / Geostationary orbit, 35786 km altitude, 79 deg E longitude
FY-4Boperational
launched 2021-06-03 / Geostationary orbit, 105 E, 35786 km; WMO records relocation from 133 E to 105 E in February 2024
FY-4Aoperational
launched 2016-12-11 / Geostationary orbit, 123.5 E, 35786 km; relocated after 18 February 2025 for full-disc coverage / 0.0104 day revisit

Manufactures

Sensors

Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer-II (VISSR-II)TIR550-12500 nm / 5 bands
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
FY-4B Advanced Geostationary Radiation ImagerTIR450-12500 nm / 15 bands
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder-2TIR550-14700 nm
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
Geostationary High-speed ImagerTIR445-12500 nm / 7 bands
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
FY-4A Advanced Geostationary Radiation ImagerTIR450-12500 nm / 14 bands
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
Prototype Geostationary Interferometric Infrared SounderTIR550-14200 nm
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
Lightning Mapping ImagerVNIR777.4-777.4 nm / 1 band
operational
Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator

Components

FY-4B Data Collection ServiceComponent
operational
FY-4B Space Environment PackageComponent
operational
FY-4A Space Environment PackageComponent
operational
FY-4A Data Collection ServiceComponent
operational

Sources

[1]WMO OSCAR - MWTS-3agency doc2026-06-12
[2]China Meteorological Administration - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
[3]WMO - 50th Anniversary of Fengyun Satellite Program, CMAagency doc2026-06-20
[4]NSMC - FY-3C satellite taken delivery in orbitagency doc2026-06-20

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