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 0.013°
Eccentricity 0.00009
RA ascending node 2.993 hr
Argument perigee 70.716°
Mean anomaly 129.232°
Orbital period 1436.124 min
Epoch of osculation 30 Jun 2025, 12:21

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35790.6 km
Mean Altitude 35794.3 km
Peak Altitude 35797.9 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

H-2A R/B

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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