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    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 | 0.035° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.00010 | 
| RA ascending node | 8.612 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 114.024° | 
| Mean anomaly | 66.030° | 
| Orbital period | 1436.083 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 02 Nov 2025, 08:26 | 
Derived Quantities
| Min Altitude | 35789.3 km | 
| Mean Altitude | 35793.5 km | 
| Peak Altitude | 35797.6 km | 
Orbital History
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Launched alongside
H-2A R/B