Himawari (satellite)

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Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Himawari

Himawari or Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS), was a series of Japanese weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The first GMS satellite was launched 14 July 1977 from Cape Canaveral. The fifth and final satellite was launched 18 March 1995 from Tanegashima. The satellites were replaced by the Multifunctional Transport Satellite series.^[1]

Launch history

Name	Launch date (UTC)	Rocket	Launch site	Mass
Himawari 1	1977-07-14	Delta 2914	Cape Canaveral	325kg
Himawari 2	1981-08-11	N-II (N8F)	Tanegashima	296kg
Himawari 3	1984-08-03	N-II (N13F)	Tanegashima	303kg
Himawari 4	1989-09-06	H-I (H20F)	Tanegashima	325kg
Himawari 5	1995-03-18	H-II (3F)	Tanegashima	344kg

References

↑ "Geostationary Meteorological Satellite "Himawari"". JAXA.

Japanese space program

Organizations

JAXA
- former ISAS
- NAL
- NASDA
USEF
NICT

Weather observation

Completed	Himawari 1 2 3 4 5

In operation	Himawari 6

In orbit	Himawari 7

Planned	Himawari 8 9

Earth observation

Completed	Kyokko Jikiken Denpa Ohozora Ume 1 b Fuyo-1 Momo 1 1b Midori I II Daichi 1

In operation	Akebono Ibuki GEOTAIL¹ Aqua¹⁷ TRMM¹ Shizuku

Planned	GCOM-C1 GPM¹ EarthCARE² Daichi 2 3 ASNARO

Communications,
broadcasting and
positioning

Completed	Sakura (1 2a 2b 3a 3b) Yuri 1 2a 2b 3a 3b BS 2X 3H 3N B-SAT 1a 2a Kakehashi Superbird A A1 B1 A2 JCSAT 1 2 3 R N-STAR a b Kirari MBSat

In operation	Kodama Kizuna Superbird C B2 D C2 B-SAT 1b 2c 3a 3b 3c JCSAT 1B 4A 110 2A 5A 3A RA 85 12 110R 13 N-STAR (c) QZSS Michibiki

Planned	JCSAT 14 QZSS QZS-2 QZS-3

Engineering tests

Completed	Ohsumi Shinsei Kiku 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tansei 1 2 3 4 Myojo Ryusei Orizuru Jindai EXPRESS SFU DASH USERS SERVIS-1 SERVIS-2 Ayame 1 2 LRE Tsubasa LDREX 1 2 Micro LabSat-1 SDS-1

In operation	Ajisai Kiku-8 Reimei SDS-4

Planned	PETSAT

Cancelled	SmartSat-1

Private miniaturized satellites

Completed	Fuji 1 2 Kanta-kun (WEOS) HIT-SAT CUTE 1.7+APD Maido-1 Kūkai Kagayaki Negai* Waseda-SAT2 Hayato WE WISH

In operation	Fuji-3 CUTE 1 1.7+APDII XI IV V SEEDS Raijin Kiseki Hitomi Horyu 2 PROITERES RAIKO FITSAT1

Planned	WNI satellite SPROUT TSUBAME QSAT-EOS SOMESAT

Astronomical observation

Completed	Hinotori Tenma Ginga ASCA HALCA Yohkoh Taiyo Hakucho Akari

In operation	Suzaku Hinode

Planned	Astro-H SPICA SPRINT-A SOLAR-C Nano-JASMINE ERG SOLAR-D

Cancelled	Astro-G

Unmanned lunar and
planetary exploration

Completed	Hayabusa Hiten Kaguya (SELENE) Sakigake Suisei

In operation	Akatsuki IKAROS

Failed	Nozomi Shin'en

Planned	BepiColombo² Hayabusa 2 SELENE-2 Jupiter and Trojan asteroid exploration Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter MELOS 1 2

Cancelled	Hayabusa Mk2 Lunar-A

Reconnaissance

Completed	IGS-Optical 1 Experimentally 3 IGS-Radar 1 2

In operation	IGS-Optical 2 3 4 Experimentally 5 IGS-Rader 3 4

Planned	IGS-Optical 5 6 IGS-Rader 5 6

Human spaceflight

Completed	H-II Transfer Vehicle 1 2 3 4

In operation	International Space Station (ISS) & Kibo¹²³⁴⁵⁶

Planned	H-II Transfer Vehicle 5 6 7 R

Cancelled	HOPE-X Fuji manned spacecraft

Italics indicates projects in development.
Superscripts indicate joint development with¹NASA, ²ESA, ³ASI, ⁴CSA, ⁵RKA, ⁶AEB and ⁷INPE.

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