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 0.014°
Eccentricity 0.00015
RA ascending node 3.762 hr
Argument perigee 225.220°
Mean anomaly 263.223°
Orbital period 1436.071 min
Epoch of osculation 06 Dec 2025, 21:52

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 35786.7 km
Mean Altitude 35793.2 km
Peak Altitude 35799.7 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
PST

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