Operational
Himawari-8
Himawari-8 transformed real-time weather imagery over the western Pacific with frequent full-disk scans. Its data is central for typhoon tracking, aviation and regional forecasting.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Geo Dish
COUNTRY
Japan
OPERATOR
JMA
LAUNCH DATE
Oct 7, 2014
LAUNCH SITE
TANSC
ORBIT CLASS
GEO
ALTITUDE · KM
35,787
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
1,436.1
INCLINATION · DEG
0.02
APOGEE · KM
35,791
PERIGEE · KM
35,782
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