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Himawari 4 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 20217U          26053.44489097 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00006
2 20217  14.8500 347.6462 0043101 144.0861  64.7521  0.97410803    04
Epoch (UTC): 22 February 2026 10:40:38
Eccentricity: 0.0043101
inclination: 14.8500°
perigee height: 36423 km
apogee height: 36793 km
right ascension of ascending node: 347.6462°
argument of perigee: 144.0861°
revolutions per day: 0.97410803
mean anomaly at epoch: 64.7521°

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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