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HIMAWARI 8 - 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 40267U          26110.88893311 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00003
2 40267   0.0346  78.0728 0000763 280.9193 310.6545  1.00272810    09
Epoch (UTC): 20 April 2026 21:20:03
Eccentricity: 0.0000763
inclination: 0.0346°
perigee height: 35783 km
apogee height: 35790 km
right ascension of ascending node: 78.0728°
argument of perigee: 280.9193°
revolutions per day: 1.00272810
mean anomaly at epoch: 310.6545°

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

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