HIMAWARI-2

Launch Details
Launched 9 August 1981
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 12677
COSPAR ID 1981-076A
Alternative names GMS-2
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 8.740°
Eccentricity 0.00091
RA ascending node 20.446 hr
Argument perigee 313.345°
Mean anomaly 349.281°
Orbital period 1446.384 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 11:33

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35956.3 km
Mean Altitude 35994.8 km
Peak Altitude 36033.4 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

N-2 R/B(1) N-2 R/B(2)

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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