The Meteorological Agency and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) plan to replace the spin-stabilization system now used in the Himawari series weather satellites with the three-axis stabilization system beginning with the fifth weather satellite which is scheduled for launch in 1993. The planned satellite will be supplied by either Ford Aerospace of the U.S. or Aerospatiale of France. It will be equipped with two infrared cameras to improve observation capabilities. The currently operational Himawari-3 weather satellite is basically the same as the U.S. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by Hughes Aircraft. It is a spin-stabilization. Japan plans to launch another spin-stabilization weather satellite or the Himawari-4 in August 1989. The planned three-axis stabilization satellite will be launched in 1993 as the Himawari-5. Launching cost is estimated at 30 billion yen compared with 22 billion yen now required for the conventional spin-stabilization satellite.
Country Plans Three-Axis Weather Satellite. Abstract Only
1987
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