Weather
HIMAWARI-5 (GMS-5)
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 23522
HIMAWARI-5 (GMS-5) is a Japan weather satellite, launched on March 18, 1995 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 18, 1995 at 08:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-II →
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Mission
- SFU & Himawari 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,058 km
- Periapsis
- 36,006 km
- Inclination
- 14.3°
- Orbital period
- 1448.66 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 341.92 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø2.15 × 3.54 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1995-011B
- NORAD catalog №
- 23522
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 6.3095 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational