Himawari 6

 2005-006A

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Multifunctional Transport Satellite 1R, replaces MTSAT-1 failure. Loral FS-1300 for Ministry of Transport with met (replacing GMS-5) and aeronautical at L Ku and Ka (for aircraft flight control). MTSAT owned by Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB) of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan (MLIT) and the JMA. JMA part is successor to Himawari. Ground stations are at Kobe and Hitachi-Ota. Will be stationed at 140E. MTSAT-1R (was renamed Himawari-6 after launch. Satellite is box + 2 dishes + panel + solar sail boom, mass 3300 kg launch 1300 kg dry. Span across panel and boom is 33.1m. Height is 4.0m.

MTSAT-1R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Feb 24	0925	Launch by H-IIA No. 7	TNSC
		T+0:45 SSB ignition 6 om 0.6 km/s
		T+1:45 SSB burnout 38 km 1.6 km/s
		T+2:07 SRB-A burnout 57 km 1.7 km/s
		T+2:07 SRB-A sep 59 km
		T+2:10 SSB jettison 60 km	-6250 x 75?
		T+4:16 Fairing sep 138 km 2.7 km/s
		T+6:37 MECO 216 km 5.2 km/s
		T+6:43 St 1 sep 222 km
	0931	T+6:53 SEIG-1 226 km 5.2 km/s	-4500 x 250?
	0937	T+12:32 SECO-1 314 km 7.7 km/s	250 x 314? x 29.0?
	0949	T+24:36 SEIG-2 258 km 7.7 km/s
	0952	T+27:28 SECO-2 255 km 10.2 km/s
	1005	T+40:02 MTSAT-1R sep
	1035	SEIG-3 test burn
		SECO-3
	1125	end of H-IIA mission
2005 Feb 27			620.90 158 x 35302 x 29.0
2005 Feb 27	1200?	LAM-1	810.01 9093 x 35781 x 9.8
2005 Mar 1	0510?	LAM-2	1361.33 32837 x 35782 x 0.5 GEO 107.1E+19.8E/d
2005 Mar 3	1500?	LAM-3
2005 Mar 6?			1435.91 35772 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 144.1E
2005 Mar 12			1436.13 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 145.0E
2005 Apr 13			1436.14 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 145.0E
2005 Apr		Relocate to 140E
2005 May 15			1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 140.3E
2006 Aug 8			1436.05 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 140.2E
2010 Feb		Replaced by MTSAT-2, to standby
2014 May 2			1436.14 35786 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 140.0E
2014 May 5		TLEs mistagged
2014 May 30
2015 Dec 7			1436.09 35769 x 35803 x 0.6 GEO 140.0E