HIMAWARI 8

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HIMAWARI 8 is classified as:

Weather
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40267

Int'l Code: 2014-060A

Perigee: 35,789.5 km

Apogee: 35,797.4 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 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   20049.84758378 -.00000293 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9990
2 40267 000.0257 170.7944 0000945 178.3140 244.9184 01.00272815019591

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC