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| - The Geostationary Meteorological Satellites (GMS) were Japan's contribution to the international Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP). The GMS series carried the Visible and Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR). The satellite was spin-stabilized with a despun earth-pointing antenna. The satellite was positioned near 140 deg E and was designed to operate for 5 years. This was a follow-on GMS type spacecraft launched and controlled by NASDA of Japan. The spacecraft was launched in August 1984, and turned off in December 1989.
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Taken from the NSSDC System for Information Retrieval and Storage (SIRS). For
more information contact the NSSDC Coordinated Request and User Support Office,
301-286-6695 (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
20771, USA). WWW: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Technical contact:
Yukio Haruyama, Earth Observation program office director,
Program plannig and management department,
National space development agency of Japan Head office
Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5470-4252
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: GMS-3
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: GMS (Japan Geostationary Meteorological Satellite)
Short_Name: GMS-3
Long_Name: Geostationary Meteorological Satellite-3
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: GMS-3
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: VISSR-GMS
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 36,000 km
Orbit_Type: GEO > Geosynchronous > Geostationary
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Creation_Date: 2007-10-01
Online_Resource: http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gms/index_e.html
Online_Resource: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gms-2.htm
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1984-08-03
Launch_Site: Tanegashima Island, Japan
Primary_Sponsor: Japan/JAXA
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