Himawari 8

 2014-060A

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The geostationary meteorological satellite Himawari 8 was built by MELCO for JMA, as a successor to the MTSAT series. Size 8 m high. Box + dish + 1 pan Mass 3500 kg launch 1300 kg dry. Launch by MHI on H-IIA 202 F25 with 4S fairing on 96 deg azimuth.

GMS8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2014 Oct 7	0516:00	Launch by H-IIA F25	TNSC
		T+1:36 SRM out
		T+1:48 SRB sep
		T+4:05 Fairing sep
	0522	T+6:36 Stage 1 MECO
	0522	T+6:44 Stage 1 sep 222 km, 5.3 km/s
		T+6:50 SES-1
	0528	T+12:12 SECO-1 271 km, 7.7 km/s	250? x 300? x 30?
	0539	T+23:50 SES-2 264 km, 7.7 km/s
	0543	T+27:07 SECO-2
	0543	T+27:57 separation
2014 Oct 8			795.22 8227 x 35882 x 8.8
2014 Oct 9			1335.44 31745 x 35839 x 0.4
2014 Oct 15			1436.01 35756 x 35813 x 0.1 GEO 140.8E
2014 Nov 25			1436.14 35784 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 140.8E

Payload:

• AHI Advanced Himawari Imager: 3 vis at 0.5-1km, 3 NIR 1-2 km res., 10 IR bands; 10 minute cadence