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H-IIA 202 | Himawari-8
H-IIA 202
Oct 7, 2014, 5:16 AM UTC
Oct 7, 2014, 5:16 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- 🇯🇵 JPN