HIMAWARI-3 (GMS-3)
NORAD 15152 · Payload · In orbit since 1984
View in the 3D atlas →- Launched
- 1984-08-02 · Tanegashima, Japan
- Country / operator
- JPN (Japan)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Meteorology
- Mass
- 303 kg
- Size
- 3.5 × 2.2 m
- Orbit class
- GEO (geosynchronous)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 35,882 × 35,933 km
- Inclination
- 10.6°
- Period
- 1441.9 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006
- Orbit data
- Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).
Same launch
Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.