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HIMAWARI-3 (GMS-3)

NORAD 15152 · Payload · In orbit since 1984

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Launched
1984-08-02 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
303 kg
Size
3.5 × 2.2 m
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.