Wednesday, April 2, 1997

DFH-24

 1988-080A


The first FY-1 (Wind and Cloud) satellite carried radiometers to return Earth weather imagery. The FY satellites are built by SISE (Shanghai Inst of Satellite Engineering), part of CAST until 1993 and then part of SBA.

The China Meteorological Administration operates the National Satellite Meteorological Center in Beijing, which controls the satellites via ground stations in Beijing, Guangzhou and Urumqi.


Feng Yun 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Sep 6  2030  Launch by CZ-4  T'ai Yuan 
 2032  T+2:31 St 1 MECO 
 2032  T+2:32 St 1 sep 
 2032  T+2:47 Fairing sep
 2036  T+6:38 St 2 MECO 
 2036  T+6:48 St 2 VECO 
 2036  T+6:49 St 2 sep 
 2036  St 3 burn? 
  St 3 burn 303s? 
 2040  T+10:10 St 3 MECO 
 2041  T+11:05 St 3 sep  102.8 881 x 904 x 99.1 
1996 Oct 15   End of operations 

Payload:

  • VIRR 5-channel Vis/IR Radiometer

  • HRPT Hi Res picture transmission system (NOAA compatible)

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