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Himawari satellites facts and figures

Satellites launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan

Launch time: Oct. 7, 2014, 14:16:00 (JST)

35,800 km above the equator

Central longitude 140.7° E

Available for Australia. Thanks, Japan!

Scans Earth every 10 minutes

Near real-time delivery to forecasters

More data feeding our supercomputer to run weather prediction models

0.5 to 2 km resolution

6 scans per hour

16 image types recorded

Benefits to Australia include improved detection of:
• centres of tropical cyclones over the ocean
• thunderstorms as they develop
• volcano ash
• fog and low cloud.

Available to the public online

The Bureau of Meteorology
Visit bom.gov.au
With thanks to the Japan Meteorological Agency

Himawari satellites: facts and figures

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