Himawari 9 is a Japanese weather satellite, the 9th of the Himawari geostationary weather satellite operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Launch Date 2 Nov 2016 Life span 8years Orbit type Geostationary Providers Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Applications Weather satellite to provide typhoon, rainstorm, weather forecast and other related reports for Japan, East Asia, and Western Pacific region. (Successor of Himawari 8) Disaster type Climatological Drought Hydrological Flood Meteorological Severe Storm Extreme Temperature Public Private Partnership No Provider web page about satellite https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/oper/operation.html
