HIMAWARI 8

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HIMAWARI 8 is classified as:

Weather
Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40267

Int'l Code: 2014-060A

Perigee: 35,788.8 km

Apogee: 35,798.9 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

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   24327.82517870 -.00000270  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40267   0.0701  99.2318 0001191 153.1585 247.6530  1.00271486 37030

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC