Himawari-9
COSPAR 2016-064A · NORAD 41836
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- Launch date
- 2016-11-02
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- TANSC
- Owner code
- JPN
- COSPAR ID
- 2016-064A
- NORAD ID
- 41,836
Source:Japan Meteorological Agency · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 1,436.11 min
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 1,436 minutes — about 1 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2016) turns 10 this year.
Worked out from this object's official values.