Himawari 1

 1977-065A

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NASDA and the JMA (Japanese Meteorological Agency) developed the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS) program as part of an international weather watch initiative. The first GMS, named Himawari (Sunflower) after launch, was built by Hughes using the HS-335 bus with collaboration by Nippon Electric.

Himawari
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Jul 14	1039	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 off
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 off
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep	-6300 x 30 ?
		T+3:48 MECO
		T+3:56 St 1 sep 98 km	-4000 x 200 ?
		T+4:01 SES-1
	1043	T+4:45 Fairing
	1048	T+8:57 Delta SECO-1	174 x 174 x 27.2
	1100	T+21:17 SES-2
	1100	T+21:24 SECO-2	172 x 565? x 27.2
	1101	T+22:14 spinup
	1101	T+22:16 St 2 sep
	1101	T+22:58 TES
	1102	T+23:42 TECO
	1103	T+24:55 Star 37 sep	174 x 36655 x 27.2 (PK)
		Delta depletion burn	263 x 600 x 28.7 (65C)
		Delta depletion burn	522 x 1997 x 29.1 (65B)
	1612	Delta explosion
	1700?	Apo 1
1977 Jul 15	0330?	Apo 2
1977 Jul 15	1400?	Star 27 burn, apo 3
		Star 27 sep
			GEO 140E
1977 Jul 18			1436.48 35775 x 35812 x 1.2 GEO 140.3E+0.1W
1977 Aug 28			1436.09 35770 x 35803 x 1.1 GEO 140.1E
1981 May 10			1436.13 35780 x 35793 x 1.0 GEO 140.2E
1981 Dec 15		Mv out
1982 Jan 25		On station, standby GMS	GEO 160E
1982 Jan 25			1436.10 35781 x 35792 x 0.8 GEO 160.4E
1983 Dec 23			1436.14 35784 x 35790 x 2.4 GEO 160.2E
1984 Jan?		Move to prime position
1984 Feb 15			1436.00 35775 x 35794 x 2.5 GEO 140.0E
1984 Aug 3			1436.20 35784 x 35792 x 2.9 GEO 139.9E
1984 Aug 5		mv out	1433.88 35697 x 35789 x 2.9 GEO 140.9E+0.5E
1984 Sep 11		mv in	1436.18 35780 x 35796 x 3.0 GEO 160.0E
1986 Oct			GEO 159.5 E
1987 Jan 2			1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 5.1 GEO 159.5E
1989 Jun 23			1436.19 35782 x 35794 x 7.3 GEO 159.2E
1989 Aug 16		mv out	1435.52 35716 x 35833 x 8.1 GEO 135.4E+0.14E
1989 Sep 17		orbit raise	1450.90 36007 x 36144 x 7.6
1995 Oct 22			1450.88 36021 x 36130 x 12.2
1999 Apr 20			1450.91 36011 x 36140 x 13.7