Himawari (satellites)

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The Himawari (ひまわり, “sunflower”) geostationary satellites, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), support weather forecasting, tropical cyclone tracking, and meteorology research. Most meteorological agencies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand use the satellites for their own weather monitoring and forecasting operations.

Originally also named Geostationary Meteorological Satellites (GMS),^[1] since the launch of GMS-1 (Himawari 1) in 1977, there have been three generations, including GMS, MTSAT, and Himawari 8/9. Himawari 8/9 satellites are currently available for operational use.

In March 2023, Mitsubishi Electric announced that they had won the contract to build Himawari 10.^[4] Himawari 10 is scheduled to be launched in 2028.^[5]

• Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)

• Satellite Imagery from the Japan Meteorological Agency
• Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA

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