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    The document summarizes the history of Japan's Geostationary Meteorological Satellites (GMS) series from 1977 to 2016. It lists the satellites in the GMS and MTSAT series, as well as their launch dates and periods of observation. It also notes that from 2003 to 2005, NOAA provided backup operation of GMS-5 using GOES-9.

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    The document summarizes the history of Japan's Geostationary Meteorological Satellites (GMS) series from 1977 to 2016. It lists the satellites in the GMS and MTSAT series, as well as their launch dates and periods of observation. It also notes that from 2003 to 2005, NOAA provided backup operation of GMS-5 using GOES-9.

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    History of Japanese GMS series

    GMS (Geostationary Meteorological Satellite)


    GOES-9
    GMS GMS-2 GMS-3 GMS-4 GMS-5
    (Himawari) (Himawari -2) (Himawari -3) (Himawari -4) (Himawari -5)
    Back-up operation of
    GMS-5 with GOES-9 by
    NOAA/NESDIS
    2003.5.22 – 2005.6.28

    Jul 1977 Aug 1981 Aug 1984 Sep 1989 Mar 1995

    Observation
    Satellite
    period
    MTSAT (Multi-functional Transport SATellite )
    MTSAT-1R MTSAT-2 GMS 1977 – 1981
    (Himawari -8)
    (Himawari-6) (Himawari-7)
    1981 – 1984
    Himawari GMS-2

    (Himawari -9) GMS-3 1984 – 1989

    GMS-4 1989 – 1995

    2016 GMS-5 1995 – 2003

    GOES-9 2003 – 2005


    Feb 2005 Feb 2006 MTSAT-1R 2005 – 2010
    Oct 2014
    MTSAT-2 2010 – 2015

    Himawari-8 2015 –

    Himawari-9 Launch in 2016

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