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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- MTSAT-2
-
Full Name
Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2
aka Himawari-7
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
JMA
, JCAB
Launch Date
18 Feb 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
2017
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
28937
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2006-004A
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-145 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, aeronautical applications. MTSAT-2 was replaced by Himawari-8 in 2015, and remains in a standby role.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
IMAGER
Atmospheric Winds
IMAGER
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
IMAGER
Liquid water and precipitation rate
IMAGER
Ocean
Surface temperature (ocean)
IMAGER
Mission Instruments
IMAGER - Imager/MTSAT
MTSAT Comms - Communications package for MTSAT
MTSAT DCS - Data Collection System for MTSAT
OpenSearch Datasets
Selected IDN OpenSearch Results
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CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 3 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 5 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dome C, Antarctica - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dunhuang, China - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Frenchman Flat, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Ivanpah Playa, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - La Crau, France - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Libya 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Mauritania 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Mauritania 2 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
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