Spacecraft information: HIMAWARI-8

Launch Details
Launched 6 October 2014
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Weather
Geostationary
Active satellites
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 40267
COSPAR ID 2014-060A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 0.020°
Eccentricity 0.00009
RA ascending node 13.482 hr
Argument perigee 191.770°
Mean anomaly 63.751°
Orbital period 1436.149 min
Epoch of osculation 03 Apr 2026, 08:21

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35791.1 km
Mean Altitude 35794.8 km
Peak Altitude 35798.4 km

Launched alongside

H-2A R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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