Updated: 27-04-2023
Source: China Meteorological New Press
At 8:46 a.m. on April 17, Urumqi meteorological satellite ground station, Kashgar sub station, and Guangzhou meteorological satellite ground station received the first descending orbital Mission Picture Transmission (MPT) of Fengyun-3G meteorological satellite successively. It will lay good foundation for the following in-orbit testing. At 10:20 a.m., the second descending orbital MPT data was received. On the monitoring platform of National Satellite Meteorological Centre (NSMC) of China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the data reception process can be clearly witnessed.
At 9:36 a.m. on April 16, FY-3G was successfully launched, as China's first low inclination angle orbit precipitation measurement satellite. It's equipped with 4 operational payloads and 2 experiment payloads, which can provide three-dimensional structure information of precipitation in middle and low latitude regions in the world.
After the successful launch of FY-3G, the first orbital data is very important, as it is an important means for the ground to understand the working status of the satellite.
At 8:46 a.m. on April 17, Urumqi meteorological satellite ground station received MPT signal of FY-3G Source: NSMC of CMA
In the following one week, NSMC will conduct experiments of 2 experiment payloads and the main payload onboard FY-3G.
According to Mr. ZHANG Peng, commander-in-chief of FY-3 polar orbiting meteorological satellite ground system, during starting the payload, satellite-ground transmission signals and ground remote sensing and detection condition was superb, and has laid solid groundwork for the following in-orbit testing of FY-3G.
Editor: Liu Shuqiao