Weather
HIMAWARI-2 (GMS-2)
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
HIMAWARI-2 (GMS-2) is a Japan weather satellite, launched on August 10, 1981 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 10, 1981 at 08:03 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- N-2 →
- Operator
- National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Mission
- Himawari 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,031 km
- Periapsis
- 35,945 km
- Inclination
- 7.99°
- Orbital period
- 1446.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 289.4 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-076A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12677
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 4.2567 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational