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FY-1 series
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This page contains philatelic information on the FY-1 and FY-3 series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The Chinese FY-1 and FY-3 series are polar-orbiting weather satellites; whereas the FY-2 and FY-4 series are geostationary weather satellites.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| FY-1 and FY-3 (China/PRC) | FY-1 (China/PRC) | FY-1 (China/PRC) |
| FY-1 (on other than FY-1 launch covers) | ||
| FY-3 (China/PRC) | FY-3 (China/PRC) |
Below is a list of FY-1 and FY-3 series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| FY-1 (China/PRC) | ||||
| Benin | 1177 selvedge (Mi1184-1191 selvedge) | On (lower-right) selvedge of MS8 (1177 (a-h)) | 1999 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postcard | 1997 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back, also annotated, and front | 1999 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card back (different), also front | 1999 | "FY-1B" composite visible image |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (different) | 1999 | FY-1C (and SJ-5) launch (by launch date "1999-5-10") |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066 (Mi3194) | 2000 | FY-1 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 3066 fdc | Stamp and (pictorial) cancel on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc1 | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 3066-3069 fdc2 | One of four stamps on FDC (different) | ||
| China (People's Republic) | None | Two cancels on postal card | 2000 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card (same design as 3066) | 2001 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2001 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | (New Year) postal card | 2002 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | None | Postal card | 2002 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505b+label (Mi3765+label) | One of four different labels associated with pair (3505 (a-b)), or two of eight labels associated with MS8 (3505c (4x (3505 (a-b)) + 8 labels)) | 2006 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505a cover (Mi3764 cover) | (Brown monochrome) cachet on cover, also back | 2006 | [#6] FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 3505b cover (Mi3765 cover) | (Blue monochrome) cachet on cover, also back | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4155 (Mi4528) | Also annotated; one of MS4 (4157a (4154-4157)) (BL195, Mi4527-4530), or from MS16 (4155b (16x 4155)) | 2013 | FY-1 |
| China (People's Republic) | 4155 fdc | Stamp on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4157a fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| China (People's Republic) | 4157c (BL200) | MS4 (different), issued in 2014 | ||
| Korea (North) | 3607a (Mi3908-3909) | In (upper-left) margin of MS4 (2x (3607-3608)) | 1997 | FY-1 |
| FY-3 (China/PRC) | ||||
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "FY-3C" |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | ||
Below is a list of FY-1 and FY-3 series launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| FY-1 (China/PRC) | ||||
| 1990-09-03: FY-1B | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1990-09-03 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover, also back | FY-1B launch (FY-1A launch mentioned, with its launch date, in the text) |
| 1999-05-10: FY-1C (and SJ-5) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1999-05-10 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | FY-1C launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1999-05-10 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | FY-1C launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 1999-05-10 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | FY-1C launch |
| 2002-05-15: FY-1D (and HY-1) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 2002-05-15 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover, also back | FY-1D launch |
| FY-1 (on other than FY-1 launch covers) | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 1994-04-02 | ? | Back of FY-2A accident/explosion cover, also cover front | "Feng Yun-1" |
| China (People's Republic) | 1999-10-14 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on ZY-1-01 and SACI-1 launch cover | FY-1 |
| FY-3 (China/PRC) | ||||
| 2008-05-27: FY-3A | ||||
| United States | 2008-05-26 | Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | FY-3A launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-05-27 | ? | (Pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on cover | FY-3A launch; "commemorating the launch control at sea of the FY-3 meteorological satellite" |
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-05-27 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets (different) on cover | FY-3A launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-05-27 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | FY-3A launch (ZY-1 depicted) |
| China (People's Republic) | 2008-05-27 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | FY-3A launch (ZY-1 depicted) |
| 2010-11-04: FY-3B | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 2010-11-05 | ? | (Multi-color printed and black rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | FY-3B launch |
| China (People's Republic) | 2010-11-05 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | FY-3B launch |
| 2013-09-23: FY-3C | ||||
| China (People's Republic) | 2013-09-23 | ? | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | FY-3C launch |
| 2021-07-04: FY-3D (and HEAD-1) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2017-11-14: FY-3E | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
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