Weather
HIMAWARI-7 (MTSAT-2)
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 28937
HIMAWARI-7 (MTSAT-2) is a Japan weather satellite, launched on February 18, 2006 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 18, 2006 at 06:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 2024 →
- Operator
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Mission
- Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,151 km
- Periapsis
- 36,097 km
- Inclination
- 5.77°
- Orbital period
- 1453.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 4,650 kg
- Dimensions
- 6 × 4 × 4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-004A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28937
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 25.1189 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational