Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, aeronautical applications.
Full Name
Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1R
aka Himawari-6
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
26 Feb 2005
Mission Links
EOL Date
04 Dec 2015
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-140 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
JAMI - Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager |
| MTSAT Comms - Communications package for MTSAT |
| MTSAT DCS - Data Collection System for MTSAT |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | JAMI |
| Atmospheric Winds | JAMI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | JAMI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | JAMI |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | JAMI |