我国从20世纪70年代开始实施自己的气象卫星计划，经过30多年的工作，已经建立起风云1号极轨和风云2号静止两个系列的气象卫星。地面应用系统是风云气象卫星大系统中的一个重要组成部分。文章就地面应用系统的规划工作、关键技术问题的解决以及业务运行成功率的提高等三个方面做了回顾；风云气象卫星已成为我国现代化气象业务系统中不可或缺的重要组成部分，并被世界气象组织正式列为世界天气监视网全球观测系统的一个组成部分；从气象卫星获取的大气和地表信息，已被广泛应用于天气预报、气候预测、环境和自然灾害监测、农业等多个国民经济领域；讨论了风云气象卫星地面应用系统成功的经验。

Meteorological satellite program of China was initiated in 1970s. Since then, two series of meteorological satellites are developed: polar and geostationary named as FY1 and FY2 respectively. Ground segments are major components of FY meteorological satellite projects. The paper reviews the programming, key technology and success rate of the operation of the FY meteorological satellite ground segments. FY meteorological satellites have become an essential portion in the modernization of China´s meteorological system. They are also ranked by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a portion of world weather watch (WWW) space component. Data, products and information gained from meteorological satellites have been broadly used in various fields, such as weather forecasting, climate prediction, agriculture, environmental and hazard monitoring, etc. The paper discusses the success of FY meteorological satellite program.