CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Himawari-9 -
Full Name Himawari-9 Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies JMA Launch Date 02 Nov 2016
Mission Links mission site | data access portal EOL Date Mar 2030
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 41836 (TLE)
International Designator 2016-064A
Orbit Type Geostationary Orbit Period
Orbit Sense N/A Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude 36000 km Orbit Longitude 140.7 deg
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications Meteorology, environmental monitoring, data collection platform
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols AHI
Atmospheric Humidity Fields AHI
Atmospheric Winds AHI
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature AHI
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) AHI
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth AHI
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness AHI
Mission Instruments
AHI - Advanced Himawari Imager
Himawari Comms - Communications package for Himawari
Himawari DCS - Data Collection System for Himawari
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 7 )
AHI/Himawari-09 Dark Target Aerosol 10-Min L2 Full Disk 10 km
GHRSST L2P NOAA/ACSPO Himawari-09 AHI Pacific Ocean Region Sea Surface Temperature v2.90 dataset
GHRSST L3C NOAA/ACSPO Himawari-09 AHI Pacific Ocean Region Sea Surface Temperature v2.90 dataset
GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 Himawari-9 Northern Hemisphere Version 1.2
SatCORPS CERES GEO Edition 4 Himawari-9 Southern Hemisphere Version 1.2

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