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Satellite:
Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R)
Satellite details
Acronym
Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R)
Full name
Himawari-6 (Multifunction Transport Satellite -1R)
Satellite Description
1st flight unit of the MTSAT series, replacing MTSAT-1 failed at launch in 1999.
Mission: operational meteorology.
Mass at launch
3300 kg
Dry mass
1300 kg
Power
3000 W
Data access link
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/dissemination.html
Data access information
Data available from the JMA Meteorological Data Center (MSC).
Orbit
Geostationary orbit
Altitude
35786 km
Longitude
140° E
Space agency
JMA
, JCAB
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Imagery mission taken up by MTSAT-2 on 1st July 2010.
Provision of HRIT and LRIT service for MTSAT-2 data until 4 December 2015.
DCP service closed on 7 July 2015.
Imagery of the Japanese area at 5-min intervals in daylight since 2011.
Imagery of the Australian continent in January-March 2014 at 10-min intervals to support an international field campaign in Darwin.
Launch
26 Feb 2005
EOL
04 Dec 2015
Last update:
2021-03-11
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R)
Acronym
Full name
DCS
Data Collection Service
JAMI
Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager
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Satellite Field of View
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R)
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
CDAS
S-E
1677 MHz
10M0G1D
10000 kHz
linear
D
2700 kbps
Raw data
HRIT
E-S
2029.1 MHz
6M00G1D
6000 kHz
linear
D
3500 kbps
High resolution data. Service terminated in Dec 2015
HRIT
S-E
1687.1 MHz
6M00G1D
6000 kHz
linear
D
3500 kbps
High resolution data. Service terminated in Dec 2015.
HiRID
E-S
2029.1 MHz
2M00G1D
2000 kHz
linear
D
660 kbps
High resolution data - This service was terminated in March 2008
HiRID
S-E
1687.1 MHz
2M00G1D
2000 kHz
linear
D
660 kbps
High resolution data - This service was terminated in March 2008
LRIT
E-S
2033 MHz
250KG1D
250 kHz
linear
D
150 kbps
Selected data. Service terminated in Dec 2015.
LRIT
S-E
1691 MHz
250KG1D
250 kHz
linear
D
150 kbps
Selected data. Service terminated in Dec 2015.
WEFAX
E-S
2033 MHz
260KF3C
260 kHz
linear
A
1.68 kHz
Weather facsimile - This service was terminated in March 2008
WEFAX
S-E
1691 MHz
260KF3C
260 kHz
linear
A
1.68 kHz
Weather facsimile - This service was terminated in March 2008
DCS
E-S
2034.933 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
linear
D
0.1 kbps
DCP interrogation
DCS
E-S
2034.925 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
linear
D
0.1 kbps
DCP interrogation
DCS
E-S
2034.974 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
linear
D
0.1 kbps
DCP interrogation
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
2K00G1D
2 kHz
RHCP
D
0.1 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
4K00G1D
4 kHz
RHCP
D
0.3 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
RHCP
D
0.6 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
S-E
1694.3 - 1694.7 MHz
2K00G1D
2 kHz
linear
D
0.1 kbps
DCP report relay
DCS
S-E
1694.3 - 1694.7 MHz
4K00G1D
4 kHz
linear
D
0.3 kbps
DCP report relay
DCS
S-E
1694.3 - 1694.7 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
linear
D
0.6 kbps
DCP report relay
TC & Ranging
E-S
2100.164 MHz
550KGXX
550 kHz
RHCP
D
0.5 kbps
Telecommand and ranging
TM & Ranging
S-E
2280.721 MHz
1M10GXX
1100 kHz
RHCP
D
7.68 kbps
Telemetry and ranging
TC
E-S
2034.2 MHz
300KGXX
300 kHz
linear
D
0.5 kbps
Telecommand
TM
S-E
1694 MHz
400KGXX
400 kHz
linear
D
7.68 kbps
Telemetry