Spacetrack Directory Name | HIMAWARI 8 |
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Orbit launches | 2014-10-07 (10 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 3701 |
Country/organisation of origin | Japonia (JPN) |
Starting point | TANSC (Tanegashima Space Center, Japan) |
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Perigee | 35781 km |
Apogee | 35793 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 0.07° |
Laps per day | 1 |
Orbit | GEO |
Height HIMAWARI 8 | 35786.31 km |
Himawari 8 (????8?) is a Japanese weather satellite, the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric with assistance from Boeing, and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on the DS-2000 satellite bus. Himawari 8 entered operational service on 7 July 2015 and is the successor to MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) which was launched in 2006.
satellite HIMAWARI 8 Date of exalting 07.10.2014y. Average height of ISS HIMAWARI 8 hundred 35786.31 km. Average velocity HIMAWARI 8 is 11068.95 km/h. Inclination HIMAWARI 8 satellite 0.03°.