Weather
HIMAWARI-1 (GMS-1)
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 10143
HIMAWARI-1 (GMS-1) is a Japan weather satellite, launched on July 14, 1977 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 14, 1977 at 10:39 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Himawari
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,143 km
- Periapsis
- 36,007 km
- Inclination
- 6.53°
- Orbital period
- 1450.86 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 312.19 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.16 × 2.7 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-065A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10143
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 4.1635 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational