HIMAWARI 8

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HIMAWARI 8 is classified as:

Weather
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40267

Int'l Code: 2014-060A

Perigee: 35,789.3 km

Apogee: 35,798.8 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 6, 2014
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

HIMAWARI 8 is a Japanese weather satellite, the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric, and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on the DS-2000 bus.

1 40267U 14060A   24120.19771505 -.00000268  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 40267   0.0503 114.3012 0001124 299.3344  15.8575  1.00270601 35054

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC