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FY-4C Satellite

Description

FY-4 is the second generation of China's geostationary meteorological satellite series. FY-4C, the third of its series, was launched on December 27th, 2025, aiming to serve as a operational satellite. FY-4C has adjusted payloads and tuend-up performance on the basis of FY-4B operational satellite.

Instruments

The main payloads onboard FY-4C are Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager, Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder, Lightning Mapping Imager, SUVI, MUSI and SXUS.

Picture	Acronym	Full name
	AGRI	Advanced Geostationary Radiation Imager
	GIIRS	Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder
	LMI	Lightning Mapping Imager
	SUVI	Solar extreme-UltraViolet Imager
	MUSI	Multi-band ionosphere Ultraviolet Spectral Imager
	SXUS	Solar X-ray and extreme-Ultraviolet Spectral fluxmeter

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