Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · GTO
Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIMAWARI-8 2014-060A | Payload | 35782 × 35790 km · 0.0° | Globe |
| H-2A R/B 2014-060B | Rocket body | 212 × 25363 km · 22.4° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2014-060 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).