Weather
HIMAWARI-8
OperationalWeatherGEO
HIMAWARI-8 is a Japan Meteorological Agency/Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC) weather satellite, launched on October 7, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 7, 2014 at 05:16 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Himawari-8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,790 km
- Periapsis
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan Meteorological Agency/Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC)
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,300 kg
- Power
- 2,600 W
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-060A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40267
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 35.8016 m²
- Status
- Operational