HIMAWARI 2 (GMS 2)
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About This Satellite
HIMAWARI 2 (GMS 2) is a cataloged satellite tracked under NORAD ID 12677 with international designator 81076A. According to the GCAT master catalog, it was built by NEC/HSES, on the HS-378 platform, with a launch mass of about 300 kg, with a shape described as Cyl. According to the TLE snapshot used when this page was generated (2026-08-18), its Inclined GSO orbit had an apogee of about 36.041 km and a perigee near 35.949 km, with an inclination of 7.85° and a period of roughly 1446.4 minutes; at apogee its speed was about 3.06 km/s. Positions on this page are near-real-time SGP4 predictions propagated from the latest two-line element (TLE) data.
In the TLE snapshot used to generate this page, HIMAWARI 2 (GMS 2)'s apogee was 36.041 km, where its speed was about 3.06 km/s, completing about 1.0 orbits of Earth per day. Track it live on the map above or in the JOT orbital map.