Weather
HIMAWARI-3 (GMS-3)
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 2, 1984 at 08:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- N-2 →
- Operator
- National Space Development Agency of Japan
- Mission
- Himawari 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,936 km
- Periapsis
- 35,885 km
- Inclination
- 10.63°
- Orbital period
- 1442.44 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1984-080A
- NORAD catalog №
- 15152
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 3.2776 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational