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Satellite:
Himawari-8
Satellite details
Acronym
Himawari-8
Full name
Himawari-8
Satellite Description
1st flight unit of the Himawari 3rd generation programme.
Main mission: operational meteorology.
Additional mission: environmental applications
Mass at launch
3500 kg
Dry mass
1300 kg
Power
2600 W
Data access link
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/satellite/dissemination.html
Data access information
Orbit
Geostationary orbit
Altitude
35786 km
Longitude
140.7° E
Space agency
JMA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Replaced MTSAT-2 as operational satellite on 7 July 2015.
Himawari-9 will replace Himawari-8 as the primary satellite in Dec 2022
Launch
07 Oct 2014
EOL
≥2030
Last update:
2022-02-24
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Himawari-8
Acronym
Full name
AHI
Advanced Himawari Imager
DCS
Data Collection Service
SEDA
Space Environment Data Acquisition monitor
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite Field of View
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Himawari-8
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
CDAS
S-E
18284.6 MHz
110MG1D
110000 kHz
linear
D
66000 kbps
Raw data
CDAS
S-E
18284.6 MHz
110MG1W
110000 kHz
linear
D
66000 kbps
Raw data
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
2K00G1D
2 kHz
RHCP
D
0.1 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
4K00G1D
4 kHz
RHCP
D
0.3 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.4 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
RHCP
D
0.6 kbps
DCP reports
DCS
S-E
18399 - 18400 MHz
2K00G1D
2 kHz
linear
D
0.1 kbps
DCP report relay
DCS
S-E
18399 - 18400 MHz
4K00G1D
4 kHz
linear
D
0.3 kbps
DCP report relay
DCS
S-E
18399 - 18400 MHz
6K00G1D
6 kHz
linear
D
0.6 kbps
DCP report relay
TC & Ranging
E-S
14125 MHz
40K0G2D
40 kHz
LHCP
D
0.5 kbps
Telecommands and ranging
TC & Ranging
E-S
14125 MHz
250KG9W
250 kHz
LHCP
D
0.5 kbps
Telecommands and ranging
TC & Ranging
E-S
14125 MHz
620KF3N
620 kHz
LHCP
A
Reference for Telecommands and ranging (no data carried)
TM & Ranging
S-E
12475 MHz
1M20G2D
1200 kHz
LHCP
D
15,36 kbps
Telemetry and ranging
TM & Ranging
S-E
12475 MHz
1M20G9W
1200 kHz
LHCP
D
15,36 kbps
Telemetry and ranging