Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Japan
Date
Tue, 07 Oct 2014 05:16:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5411 ever
Mission
Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
Deployed payloads · 1