Orbit Altitude: 36,000 km
Orbit Type: GEO > Geosynchronous > Geostationary

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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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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

http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gms/index_e.html
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gms-2.htm