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Satellite:
Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2)
Satellite details
Acronym
Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2)
Full name
Himawari-7 (Multifunction Transport Satellite - 2)
Satellite Description
2nd (last) flight unit of the MTSAT series.
Mission: operational meteorology
Mass at launch
4600 kg
Dry mass
1600 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
145° E
Space agency
JMA
, JCAB
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Replaced in July 2015 by Himawari-8.
IMAGER stopped operating on May 2016.
The EOL date should be understood as the date of the end of meteorological mission.
Launch
18 Feb 2006
EOL
10 May 2016
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-7 (MTSAT-2)
Acronym
Full name
DCS
Data Collection Service
IMAGER
MTSAT-2 Imager
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Satellite Field of View
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Himawari-7 (MTSAT-2)
Instrument
Full name
Start date
EOL date
Status
NRT data
Instrument landing page
Comments
DCS
Data Collection Service
01 Jul 2010
07 Jul 2015
N/A
In standby. DCS service provided by Himawari-8 after 7 July 2015.
IMAGER
MTSAT-2 Imager
01 Jul 2010
10 May 2016
N/A
No
www.data.jma.go.jp
IMAGER was in standby from 2006 to 30 June 2010. After 7 July 2015 it has been backup of Himawari-8, and used for rapid scanning.
* 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
HRIT
S-E
1687.1 MHz
6M00G1D
6000 kHz
linear
D
3500 kbps
High resolution data
LRIT
E-S
2033 MHz
250KG1D
250 kHz
linear
D
150 kbps
Selected data
LRIT
S-E
1691 MHz
250KG1D
250 kHz
linear
D
150 kbps
Selected data
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