11). It features a MELCO DS-2000 bus. Figure 1: Schedule for the follow-on satellites to the MTSAT series (image credit: JMA), Figure 2: Artist's rendition of the deployed Himawari-8 spacecraft (image credit: MELCO). • ADCS (Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem), - Attitude sensors: Coarse Sun Sensor, Star Tracker, IRU (Inertial Reference Unit), Gyroscope, - Actuation device: RWA (Reaction Wheel Assembly). $(function(){ Calibration can also be applied to retrieve radiance, brightness temperature or reflectance rather than digital counts. The information compiled and edited in this article was provided by Herbert J. Kramer from his documentation of: ”Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors” (Springer Verlag) as well as many other sources after the publication of the 4th edition in 2002. Both the GOES and GMGSI raster images are obtained from NESDIS in Network Common Data Format (NetCDF). A reader for data from Japan's Himawari satellite. #1, 2, 4: 230 MB (10 min) Decimal units to Degrees, Minutes and Seconds Converter Orbit: Geostationary orbit, altitude of ~35,800 km, longitude of ~140º east, covering the East Asia and Western Pacific regions, succeeding the GMS and MTSAT series. #3: 8 MB (2.5 min) Mar/08/'16 Due to the system maintenance, Web and FTP services of the JAXA Himawari Monitor will be delay during the following period. This consortium is composed of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (representative company, management of office), NS Solutions Corporation (development of ground facilities, systems and maintenance work), and Space Engineering Development Co., Ltd. (service delivery), and has contracted this project with JMA in 2010 for the duration of 20 years until the end of March 2030 ((4 year and 7 month development period, 15 year maintenance and service delivery period). window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 1) http://mscweb.kishou.go.jp/himawari89/index.html, 2) Tatsuya Kimura, “Up?to?date Information on the Japanese Next?Generation Himawari?8/9 Satellites for Users’ Preparedness,” May 13, 2013, URL: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/meetings/documents/EC-65-SideEvent-UserPrep_Doc_02_JMA.pdf, 3) Francis P. Padula, “Using S-NPP VIIRS as a Transfer Radiometer to Inter-compare GOES-R ABI and Himawari-8 AHI,” https://ams.confex.com/ams/94Annual/webprogram/Paper235594.html, 4) Satoru Tsunomura, “Current Status and Future Plan of Japanese Meteorological Satellite Program,” URL: http://jma-net.go.jp/sat/data/web/aomsuc-2/Session1/1-3_STsunomura.pdf, 5) Yasushi Izumikawa, “Update of JMA’s Status Report (2012),” Geneva, Switzerland, April 17-19, 2012, URL: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/sat/meetings/documents/ET-SAT-7_Doc_05-05_JMA-update.pdf, 6) Masaya Takahashi, “Status of Next Generation Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellites - Himawari-8/9 and their Products,” NOAA Satellite Science Week: GOES-R AlgorithmWorking Group (AWG), Proving Ground, and Risk Reduction annual meetings, Kansas City,MO, USA, Apr. The overall size of the deployed spacecraft is: 5.2 m (X-axis), 8.0 m (Y-axis), 5.3 m (Z-axis). DVB-S2 receiver [Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation (a digital video broadcast standard)], Standard-performance type such as Novra S300, Comtech EF DATA CMR-5975 or Advantech S4020, Software for DVB acquisition and processing, The functions and specifications of the Himawari-8 and -9 sensor complement are notably improved from those of the on-board imager of MTSAT. • The launch mass is ~3500 kg, the dry mass is 1300 kg. 30 - May 4, 2012, URL: http://www.goes-r.gov/downloads/2012-Science-Week/posters/tues/05_Takahashi.pdf. Date: Mar. CONTACT ... longitude 60 Eastbound longitude 220 South bound latitude-80 7.5 Grid Dimension Name Dimension Size (slice number of the dimension) To receive imagery, the specification of equipment is needed. It has a design life of 15 years with eight years of operational life. Geostationary Meteorological Satellite "Himawari" (GMS), Human Space Activities / Utilization of the Space Environment, Development and Operation Transportation Systems Linking Ground and Space, Major projects in the field of aeronautics, International Space Station Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO), Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Business Development and Industrial Relations Department, 747kg (at launch), 344kg (beginning of life). if(document.charset!="utf-8"){ To learn about our related technologies, go to: Visible, Infrared, ROICs, and Packaging & Test. Significant contribution to Space weather. });

gtag('js', new Date()); We provided sensors for both the Himawari-8 and is still-to-be-launched sister, Himawari-9, weather satellites. Unlike the current MTSAT series, which performs both meteorological and aeronautical functions, to include air-traffic control communications and position information, Himawari-8 and -9 will have a dedicated meteorological mission. Data Distribution / Dissemination plan for HIMAWARI-8/9 8). The processed data are sent to the Ka-band transmission system. Launch: A launch of Himawari-8 is scheduled for 2014 on an H-IIA vehicle from the TNSC (Tanegashima Space Center) of JAXA, Japan.

Himawari-8 is the eighth of the Himawari geostationary weather satellites to be launched by the Japan Meteorological Agency. 12), SEDA (Space Environment Data Acquisition Monitor). The AHI instrument provides the following general characteristics: • Multi-purpose imagery for weather watch, NWP utilization and environment monitoring; and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapor features. Hence, JMA is discussing the utilization of ICS (Internet Cloud Service) and CTS (Commercial Telecommunication Satellite) as data distribution services (Figure 4). In July 2009, JMA completed contract arrangements with MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) for the manufacture of Himawari-8 and -9, which have identical specifications. Lossless Data Compression, CCSDS 121.0-B-1 Lossless, May 1997. The Himawari-8 and -9 ground segment, designed, built and installed by MELCO, consists of antennas of 9 m diameter and radio frequency and satellite control equipment installed at the main unit in Hiki-gun, Saitama Prefecture, and the sub unit in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. In order to provide continuous observation services, JMA plans to launch Himawari-8 in the summer 2014 and commence its operation in 2015, when MTSAT-2 is scheduled to complete its period of operation. In August 2010, Himawari Operation Enterprise was established as Special Purpose Company to operate the Himawari series spacecraft. Time Information 10), ABI and AHI both have 16 spectral channels in the visible and infrared spectrum, which is a significant increase in the number of spectral channels in comparison to heritage instruments. However, the types of imagery are limited for CTS broadcasting. Observation of the Earth and its Environment. Upon reaching geostationary orbit in October 2014, it was placed at 140 degrees east longitude and will eventually replace the MTSAT-2. AHI is an ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) class instrument, designed and developed at Exelis Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., and similar to the one that will be integrated onto the GOES-R spacecraft series of NASA/NOAA. Mass at launch: … We have released the HIMAWARI-8 Short Wave Radiation, Photosynthetically Available Radiation and Chlorophyll-a products version beta (Version 001). This utility reads 'raw' HSD format data and can convert it into more friendly formats such as NetCDF4.

The specification list of receiver for the CTS broadcasting is shown in Table 2. The Himawari-8 and -9 spacecraft carry the AHI (Advanced Himawari Imager) instrument to enable enhanced nowcasting, NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction) and environment monitoring. 9), Figure 5: Enhancement of the observation function of Himawari-8/9 when compared to that of MTSAT-1R/2 (image credit: JMA). (Sub Satellite Point), Prime measurement objectives and use of sample data, Daytime aerosol over land, coastal water mapping, Green band – to produce color composite imagery, Daytime vegetation/burn scar and aerosols over water, winds, Daytime cloud-top phase and particle size, snow, Daytime land/cloud properties, particle size, vegetation, snow, Surface and cloud, fog at night, fire, winds, High-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall, Mid-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall, Total water for stability, cloud phase, dust, SO2, rainfall, Air temperature, cloud heights and amounts, Table 3: Characteristics of the AHI instrument, Figure 6: SRF (Spectral Response Functions) of AHI in the VNIR bands (image credit: JMA), Figure 7: SRF (Spectral Response Functions) of AHI in the IR bands (image credit: JMA), Figure 8: Photo of the AHI instrument (image credit: ITT Exelis, JMA), Figure 9: Photo of the cryocooler electronics (image credit: ITT Exelis, JMA), Figure 10: Photo of the electronics unit (image credit: ITT Exelis, JMA), Figure 11: A sequence of AHI observations in 10 minutes time frame (image credit: JMA), Status: In December 2013, ITT Exelis delivered the AHI instrument to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. document.charset="utf-8"; SEDA will measure the radiation to which Himawari-8/-9 satellites are exposed in their geostationary Earth orbits. JMA Himawari 8, 9 dataset 1. Develop and deliver a set of three sensor modules containing 16 spectral channels ranging from visible to LWIR infrared for the Advanced Himawari Imager. Name     Felicia CampbellEmail      space@drs.comPhone    +1 714 220 3897. } MTSAT-2, which took over the earth observation mission of MTSAT-1R on July 1, 2010, is scheduled to complete its observation operation in around 2015. 7) Information provided by Keiko Yamamoto of the Satellite Program Division, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Longitude shows your location in an east-west direction, relative to the Greenwich meridian. #5-16: 60MB (10 min), 41 GB (1 day) #3: 0.5 km - Ka-band for payload data transmission. At launch, the mass of the satellite was about 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb).