Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station

Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station

The Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station is a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a patriotic education base.

Admission: 10 RMB (6 RMB for primary and secondary school students)

Tel: 020-87059013, 87058231

Address: No. 280, Dongguanzhuang Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

The Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station is a national 3A-level scenic spot, situated in Tianhe District, Guangzhou City. Covering an area of over 60,000 square meters, it was established in 1978 and officially put into use in 1986. It is one of only three meteorological satellite ground stations in China and the only meteorological observatory in Guangzhou.

The Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station is an important component of China’s meteorological satellite ground application system. It is one of the three meteorological satellite ground receiving stations under the National Satellite Meteorological Center and was a key project during China’s Sixth and Seventh Five-Year Plans.

History of the Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station

The Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station is responsible for tasks such as orbital tracking of China's meteorological satellite launches, in-orbit testing, satellite control, ranging, and the extraction, processing, and forwarding of satellite telemetry data. Additionally, it handles the reception, processing, application, and archiving services for the U.S. NOAA series of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites and Japan’s GMS series of geostationary meteorological satellites. Starting in 2003, it also added the reception, processing, and application systems for the U.S. Earth observation satellite EOS. The station is one of the four backbone sites in China.

Over the past two decades, the Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station has developed into a large-scale comprehensive satellite ground station equipped with systems for tracking, controlling, and processing data from polar-orbiting meteorological satellites, as well as ranging systems for geostationary meteorological satellites (CDAS station, medium-scale data utilization station for geostationary meteorological satellites, satellite communication earth station, EOS/MODIS data reception and processing system, etc.). The station also carries out ground meteorological observation tasks for Guangzhou. As a national basic ground meteorological observation station, it monitors atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind, clouds, air pressure, evaporation, sunshine duration, acid rain, and more, providing crucial data for weather forecasting in the Guangzhou area. It also participates in international data exchange.

Functions of the Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station

In addition to fulfilling its national mandates, the Guangzhou Meteorological Satellite Ground Station actively conducts research on remote sensing applications. It has carried out extensive remote sensing studies in various fields such as forest fires, vegetation conditions, crop yield assessment, water resources, droughts, flood disasters, land use, urban heat island effects, geological structures, and earthquake precursor monitoring. The station produces a variety of satellite remote sensing application products, providing valuable information for national defense, daily weather forecasting, and disaster monitoring.