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Mitsubishi HC Capital will establish a special purpose company in collaboration with the Japan Meteorological Agency and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology for the operation of the Himawari geostationary meteorological satellites.
Mitsubishi HC Capital will manage financial advisory and loan services for the Himawari satellite operation.
The consortium awarded the operation of the Himawari satellites includes Mitsubishi HC Capital, Space Technology Development Corporation, and Internet Initiative Japan.
The SPV (special purpose vehicle) formed for the Himawari operation is named Geostationary Meteorological Satellite System Service Co., Ltd.
Internet Initiative Japan will be responsible for the development and maintenance of ground facilities and equipment for the Himawari satellites.
The total contract value for the operation of the Himawari satellites is approximately 44.6 billion yen.
In 2023, L3Harris received a five-year contract to build and deliver the advanced imager and hyperspectral IR sounder payloads for Himawari-10.
L3Harris Technologies has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the imaging and sounding instruments for the Japan Meteorological Agency’s (JMA) new geostationary meteorological satellite, Himawari-10.
The Himawari-10 sounder will provide highly accurate, real-time data regarding atmospheric temperature and humidity.
The Himawari-10 imager includes two new spectral bands for superior water vapor measurement, and seven other bands for enhanced resolution.
Manufacturing of subsystems for the Himawari-10 instruments is currently underway.
Under a contract with the Mitsubishi Electric Group, L3Harris will build and deliver an advanced imager and sounder for JMA’s Himawari-10 satellite.
Himawari-10 will carry a next-generation hyperspectral infrared sounder to improve weather prediction accuracy.
The Himawari-10 imager will use a similar technical platform as L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R.
The tailored Japanese spectral bands on the Himawari-10 imager are intended to supply advanced geostationary weather information for the international community.
The Himawari-10 imager will use a similar technical platform as L3Harris’ Advanced Baseline Imager on NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R).
The Himawari-10 imager and sounder will be developed and built at L3Harris’ Fort Wayne, Indiana facilities.
L3Harris will build and deliver an advanced imager and sounder for the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Himawari-10 satellite under a contract with the Mitsubishi Electric Group.
The hyperspectral infrared sounder on Himawari-10 will provide improved weather prediction accuracy and enhanced environmental monitoring for extreme weather events impacting Japan.
Himawari-10’s hyperspectral infrared sounder is intended to improve forecasting of heavy and torrential rain and typhoon paths.