Geostationary
HIMAWARI-8
Geostationary Weather · JMA / JAXA
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Himawari-8 revolutionized weather forecasting across Asia-Pacific in 2014 — Japan's third-generation geostationary satellite captures 16-channel imagery every 10 minutes, with target scans every 2.5 minutes during severe weather. Its near-real-time typhoon imagery provides warnings that save thousands of lives per storm season across 30 countries.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,239–22,245 mi (35,791–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 40267
- Int’l designator
- 2014-060A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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