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2014 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Himawari-8

successH-IIA 202 | Himawari-8

Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.

Overview

Date / time: October 7, 2014 at 05:16 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Mission: Himawari-8
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1