Spacecraft information: HIMAWARI-9

Launch Details
Launched 1 November 2016
Flight ended
Status Operational
Categories Weather
Geostationary
Active satellites
Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Owner Japan
NORAD ID 41836
COSPAR ID 2016-064A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 0.036°
Eccentricity 0.00009
RA ascending node 10.251 hr
Argument perigee 282.957°
Mean anomaly 37.494°
Orbital period 1436.117 min
Epoch of osculation 21 May 2026, 06:18

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35790.5 km
Mean Altitude 35794.1 km
Peak Altitude 35797.7 km

Launched alongside

H-2A R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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