Himawari 8 (ひまわり8号) is a Japanese weather satellite, the 8th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The spacecraft was constructed by Mitsubishi Electric with assistance from Boeing, and is the first of two similar satellites to be based on the DS2000 satellite bus. Himawari 8 entered operational service on 7 July 2015 and is the successor to MTSAT-2 which was launched in 2006.
Rendering of Himawari 8 and 9
Liftoff of the H-IIA rocket carrying Himawari 8 on October 7, 2014
Example of a Rayleigh-corrected, true-color full disk image created from the AHI sensor
A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting, or geostationary.
GOES-16, a United States weather satellite of the meteorological-satellite service
These meteorological-satellite service, however, see more than clouds and cloud systems
The geostationary GOES-17 satellite's Level 1B Calibrated Radiances - True Colour Composite PNG image
Computer-controlled motorized parabolic dish antenna for tracking LEO weather satellites.
