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 0.032°
Eccentricity 0.00011
RA ascending node 6.005 hr
Argument perigee 180.590°
Mean anomaly 34.621°
Orbital period 1436.108 min
Epoch of osculation 11 Dec 2025, 05:37

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35789.1 km
Mean Altitude 35793.9 km
Peak Altitude 35798.7 km

Orbital History

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H-2A R/B

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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