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Himawari-8
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 7 Oct 2014, 05:16 am UTC
Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)
Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
Himawari-8 is a geostationary weather satellite, collecting weather imagery over the East Asia and Western Pacific regions.