Himawari 7

 2006-004A

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Unyu tamokuteki eisei shin (MTSAT). Named Himawari-7 after launch.

Mitsubishi Melco satellite for Min of Transport and JMA. RSC signed launch contract with JCAB and JMA. JAXA provides support and launch activities after T-4 days.

JCAB (Japan Civil Aviation Bureau, koukuukyoku) under MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)(kokudo koutsuushou) JMA - Japan Meteorological Agency (Kishocho).

Mitsubishi DS-2000 bus, SN011105-16. Mass 4650 kg full 1700 kg dry. Bus is box + panel + boom, with balancing solar sail like the Insat 1 satellites. Span 30m, size about 4m dia 6m high?

Launch Feb 2006 by RSC HIIA 2024 and 5S fairing.

Aeronautical relay for comms between ATC and aircraft; GPS augmentation navigation; aircraft location transmission. TTC from MELCO SOC at Kamakura. Payload control from JCAB ASC at Kobe and Hitachi-Ohta and JMA CDAS, Hatoyama.

MTSAT 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Feb 18	0627	Launch by HIIA F9	TNSC
		T+0:10 SSB1-2 on
		T+0:20 SSB 3-4 on
		T+1:08 SSB 1-2 off, 19 km Vi 1.1 km/s
		T+1:18 SSB 3-4 off, 26 km
		T+1:30 SSB 1-2 sep 35 km 1.5 km/s
		T+1:31 SSB 3-4 sep
		T+1:57 SRB-A burnout
		T+2:07 SRB-A sep at 68 km 1.9 km/s
		T+3:57 Fairing sep at 143 km 2.8 km/s
		T+6:36 MECO at 225 km 5.5 km/s
		T+6:44 St 1 sep at 230 km
	0633	T+6:50 SEIG-1 at 234 km
	0639	T+12:15 SECO-1 302 km
	0651	T+24:03 SEIG-2 255 km
	0653	Perigee over 151W 0N
	0654	T+27:19 SECO-2 264 km 10.2 km/s
	0655	T+28:10 St 2 sep from MTSAT	243 x 34909 x 28.5
2006 Feb 23		AEF-3
2006 Feb 24			1434.86 35751 x 35773 x 0.03 GEO 145.7E+0.3E/d
		T+5d antennas deployed

Payload:

• L-band antennas, 1 global beam and 6 spot beams

• MSAS (EGNOS) signal, SBAS PRN 137 (MTSAT-2)

• Ku-band (4 spot beams), aeronautical feeder

• Ka-band (3 spot beams) aeronautical feeder

• UHF antenna

• USB antenna (Unified S-band) (TTC)

• JAMI - Japan Advanced Met Imager: 4 IR, 1visible channel 0.55-0.90, 10.3-11.3, 11.5-12.5, 6.5-7.0, 3.5-4.0 microns. Res. 1 km (vis) 4 km (IR), swath 170 km