Operational
Himawari-9
Himawari-9 continues Japan's geostationary weather watch with rapid multispectral imaging. It supports storm monitoring, cloud analysis and environmental observation across a vast hemisphere.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Geo Dish
COUNTRY
Japan
OPERATOR
JMA
LAUNCH DATE
Nov 2, 2016
LAUNCH SITE
TANSC
ORBIT CLASS
GEO
ALTITUDE · KM
35,787
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
1,436.11
INCLINATION · DEG
0.02
APOGEE · KM
35,791
PERIGEE · KM
35,783
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