Himawari

The DS2000 satellite bus used for Himawari-10 includes a highly durable and precise attitude stabilization system.

The Himawari-10 imager will offer observation wavelength bands and resolutions superior to those of Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 and will gather two-dimensional information about cloud and water-vapor distribution and land, sea, and cloud temperatures from visible to infrared measurements.

Mitsubishi Electric’s modern production facility, launched in 2020, provides an advanced production management system intended to support efficient production of Himawari-series satellites.

Himawari-10 will be outfitted with a visible infrared imager supplied by L3 Harris Technologies.

Himawari-10 is a successor to the Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites currently operating in geostationary orbit.

Himawari-10 will be outfitted with a hyperspectral infrared sounder supplied by L3 Harris Technologies.

Mitsubishi Electric was awarded the Himawari-10 contract based on the company’s extensive satellite experience and the Japan Meteorological Agency’s high evaluation of Mitsubishi Electric’s proven DS2000 standard satellite platform.

Himawari-10 will be the fourth meteorological satellite built by Mitsubishi Electric, with the company’s prior work on Himawari-7 occurring 20 years earlier.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) won a contract from the Japan Meteorological Agency to build Japan’s newest geostationary meteorological satellite, Himawari-10.

Himawari-10 will be a geostationary meteorological satellite operated for the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Himawari-10 is a successor to the Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, which are currently operating in geostationary orbit.

Japan’s Himawari weather satellite observed the December fireball using sensors that Harris Corporation designed for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) series constellation.