HIMAWARI 5 (GMS 5)

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HIMAWARI 5 (GMS 5) is classified as:

Weather

NORAD ID: 23522

Int'l Code: 1995-011B

Perigee: 36,000.6 km

Apogee: 36,074.2 km

Inclination: 14.2 °

Period: 1,448.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 42408 km

RCS: 6.3095 m² (large)

Launch date: March 18, 1995
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

GMS 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological spacecraft. It replaced GMS 4 (1989-070A) and was initially parked at 140 E longitude. It carried visible and infrared spin-scan radiometers that provided global pictures every 25 minutes at a resolution of 1.25 km (visible) and 5.0 km (infrared). It also had an infrared channel to monitor water vapor content in the atmosphere

1 23522U 95011B   25199.19966595 -.00000169  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 23522  14.1634   6.8417 0008683 147.0881 213.5143  0.99408848110275

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC