	At launch, Fengyun 2-07 had a mass of , however by the time it reaches its operational orbit, this will have decreased to , partly through jettisoning the FG-36. The spacecraft is cylindrical, with a diameter of , and a length of fully deployed. It is spin-stabilised at a rate of 100 rpm, and carries a five-channel Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer, or S-VISSR, capable of producing visible light and infrared images of the Earth. The S-VISSR will return visible-light images with a resolution of , and infrared images with a resolution of . It will produce a full-disc image every thirty minutes, as well as imaging smaller areas of interest. In addition to S-VISSR, Fengyun 2-07 also carries an x-ray detector to monitor the Sun, and detect solar flares.