Satellite imagery from the Himawari series of geostationary meteorological satellites is provided here. The highest-resolution imagery is available only for ...
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Himawari 8 is a Japanese weather satellite, the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric with assistance from Boeing, and is the first... Wikipedia
Launch date: October 7, 2014
Orbit height: 22,241 mi
Speed on orbit: 1.864 miles/s
Bus: DS2000
Dry mass: 1300 kg
Entered service: 7 July 2015, 02:00 UTC
Epoch: 22 January 2015, 22:13:28 UTC
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