HIMAWARI 8

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HIMAWARI 8 is classified as:

Weather
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40267

Int'l Code: 2014-060A

Perigee: 35,789.8 km

Apogee: 35,798.4 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

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   24134.56090917 -.00000280  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 40267   0.0494 116.8906 0001015 338.1543 119.3308  1.00270603 35094

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC