Meteorological Satellites -Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)- Meteorological Satellites -Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)- HOME Services Meteorological Satellites News Release Archive News Release Archive 2025 10 Feb. 2025 HimawariCast Newsletter No.18 2024 17 Jul. 2024 Utilization of Meteorological Satellite Data in Cloud Analysis *Link to MSC/JMA 19 Mar. 2024 HimawariCast Newsletter No.17 30 Jan. 2024 HimawariCast Newsletter No.16 2023 22 Feb. 2023 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 13 No. 1 2022 31 Oct. 2022 HimawariCast Newsletter No.15 2021 3 May. 2021 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 12 No. 1 2020 17 Nov. 2020 HimawariCast Newsletter No.14 30 Sep. 2020 Himawari RGB Quick Guides 4 Jun. 2020 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 11 No. 1 18 Feb. 2020 HimawariCast Maintenance 16 Jan. 2020 HimawariCast Newsletter No.13 14 Jan. 2020 Maintenance of Himawari-8 (14 January 2020) 2019 9 Dec. 2019 Maintenance of Himawari-8 9 Dec. 2019 HimawariCast Maintenance 29 Nov. 2019 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 10 No. 3 15 Oct. 2019 Termination of Himawari JDDS FTP service and commencement of HTTPS service 15 Oct. 2019 HimawariCast Newsletter No.12 13 Aug. 2019 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 10 No. 2 10 Jun. 2019 Collection of images captured by Himawari-8/9 10 May 2019 HimawariCast Newsletter No.11 20 Mar. 2019 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 10 No. 1 26 Feb. 2019 HimawariCast News Letter No.10 2018 18 Dec. 2018 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 4 17 Dec. 2018 HimawariCast News Letter No.9 13 Nov. 2018 RA II WIGOS Project Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 3 17 Oct. 2018 Himawari-8 Conducts First Target Area Observation in Response to International User Request *PDF 184 KB 2 Oct. 2018 Collection of images captured by Himawari-8/9 1 Oct. 2018 HimawariCast Newsletter No.8 31 Jan. 2018 Himawari-8 Maintenance *PDF 406 kB 18 Jan. 2018 JMA Launches New International Service HimawariRequest *PDF 707 kB 2017 10 Mar. 2017 Himawari-9 started backup operation at 00 UTC on 10 March 2017 24 Jan. 2017 First images from Himawari-9 2016 11 Nov. 2016 Himawari-9 enters geostationary orbit *PDF 4 kB 02 Nov. 2016 Himawari-9 successfully launched *PDF 5 kB 30 Oct. 2016 Launch of Himawari-9 postponed *PDF 4 kB 2 Sep. 2016 Himawari-9 is scheduled for launch on 1 Nov. 2016 2015 7 Oct. 2015 Direct dissemination service via MTSAT-1R to be terminated on 4 December 2015 *Link to MSC/JMA 11 Aug. 2015 JMA Launches New Content: Satellite Imagery (Rapid Scan) 7 Jul. 2015 Himawari-8 operation initiated *PDF 82 kB 27 May 2015 Himawari-8 is scheduled to start operation at 02 UTC on 7 July 2015 1 May 2015 Collection of images captured by Himawari-8 5 Feb. 2015 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2015) *Link to MSC/JMA 29 Jan. 2015 HimawariCast service started *Link to MSC/JMA 2014 18 Dec. 2014 First images from Himawari-8 17 Oct. 2014 Himawari-8 enters geostationary orbit *PDF 9 kB 7 Oct. 2014 Himawari-8 successfully launched *PDF 47 kB 7 Aug. 2014 Himawari-8 is scheduled for launch on 7 Oct. 2014 1 Aug. 2014 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season （Autumn 2014） *Link to MSC/JMA 13 May 2014 Himawari-8/9 data distribution/dissemination plan 6 Feb. 2014 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2014) *Link to MSC/JMA 2013 1 Aug. 2013 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season （Autumn 2013） *Link to MSC/JMA 4 Apr. 2013 Request to fill out the questionnaire on JMA's satellites 6 Feb. 2013 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season (Spring 2013) *Link to MSC/JMA 2012 3 Sep. 2012 Termination of direct broadcasting to MDUS and SDUS Users via MTSAT 31 Jul. 2012 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season （Autumn 2012) *Link to MSC/JMA 14 Feb. 2012 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season （Spring 2012） *Link to MSC/JMA 2011 2 Aug. 2011 MTSAT-2 Schedule for Equinox Season （Autumn 2011） *Link to MSC/JMA 10 Feb. 2011 MTSAT-2 Eclipse Schedule in Spring 2011 2010 10 Aug. 2010 MTSAT-2 Eclipse Schedule in Fall 2010 2 Feb. 2010 MTSAT-1R Eclipse Schedule in Spring 2010 2009 12 Aug. 2009 MTSAT-1R eclipse schedule for Fall 2009 6 Feb. 2009 MTSAT-1R spring 2009 eclipse schedule 6 Feb. 2009 MTSAT-1R's imager maintenance 2008 15 Aug. 2008 MTSAT-1R autumn 2008 eclipse schedule 8 Feb. 2008 MTSAT-1R spring 2008 eclipse schedule 2007 7 Nov. 2007 Recovery of MTSAT-2 5 Nov. 2007 Malfunction of the attitude control of MTSAT-2 3 Sep. 2007 MTSAT imagery has become available through Sentinel Asia website 8 Aug. 2007 MTSAT-1R fall 2007 eclipse schedule 25 Jul. 2007 HiRID and WEFAX will be terminated on 12 March 2008 9 Feb. 2007 MTSAT-1R spring 2007 eclipse schedule 7 Feb. 2007 HRIT test dissemination is scheduled on 27 February 2007 2006 4 Sep. 2006 MTSAT-2 has been put on standby 11 Aug. 2006 MTSAT-1R fall 2006 eclipse schedule 3 Jul. 2006 The rapid scan research observations by MTSAT-2 11 May 2006 First images from MTSAT-2 17 Apr. 2006 Recovery of MTSAT-1R's operational observation 17 Apr. 2006 MTSAT-1R's operational observation is expected to resume within ten hours (by 1500 UTC on 17 April 2006) 17 Apr. 2006 Interruption of MTSAT-1R's operational observation 17 Apr. 2006 The observation by MTSAT-1R is being interrupted since 16 UTC on 16 April 2006 3 Apr. 2006 DCS page is now available 30 Mar. 2006 HiRID and WEFAX will be discontinued in December 2007 24 Feb. 2006 MTSAT-2 has been placed in geostationary orbit 21 Feb. 2006 Pictures of MTSAT-2 lift-off 18 Feb. 2006 MTSAT-2 successfully launched 16 Feb. 2006 Launch schedule of MTSAT-2 *PDF 22 kB 1 Feb. 2006 MTSAT-2 launch will be postponed until 18 February 16 Jan. 2006 Fact sheets of MTSAT series were updated 2005 7 Dec. 2005 MTSAT-2 is scheduled for launch on 15 February, 2006 *PDF 76 kB 3 Aug. 2005 Satellite imagery page is refurbished *Link to JMA website 28 Jun. 2005 Formal operation of MTSAT-1R started 27 Jun. 2005 Dissemination schedule for formal operation of MTSAT-1R is available *PDF 43 kB 22 Jun. 2005 MTSAT-1R to be in operation from 03UTC on 28 June 2005 20 Jun. 2005 Test distribution from MTSAT-1R planned to be intermittently suspended on and after Tuesday, 20 June, 2005 14 Jun. 2005 Test distribution from MTSAT-1R planned to be suspended on 17 and 18 June 2 Jun. 2005 MTSAT-1R's weekly operation plan is now available *Link to MSC/JMA 1 Jun. 2005 Timetable for test dissemination was updated *PDF 44 kB 23 May 2005 Dissemination plan of satellite imagery through July 2005 *PDF 27 kB 20 May 2005 Test dissemination to begin on 31st May 24 Mar. 2005 First images from MTSAT-1R 15 Mar. 2005 Satellite imagery page is refurbished 9 Mar. 2005 MTSAT-1R placed in geostationary orbit 26 Feb. 2005 MTSAT-1R Lift-off 26 Feb. 2005 MTSAT-1R successfully launched 24 Feb. 2005 MTSAT-1R is scheduled for launch on Saturday, February 26 24 Feb. 2005 JMA, NOAA SIGN SATELLITE BACK-UP ARRANGEMENT 22 Feb. 2005 MTSAT-1R launch will be postponed due to predicted bad weather 8 Feb. 2005 New fact sheets of MTSAT-1R are now available 21 Jan. 2005 Samples of satellite image data to be disseminated by MTSAT series *Link to MSC/JMA 19 Jan. 2005 MTSAT-1R is scheduled for launch Thursday, February 24 2004 8 Dec. 2004 MTSAT-1R is scheduled for launch in this winter period (8 Dec 2004) 8 Dec. 2004 Provisional dissemination schedule/timetable are available Satellite Program Division, Japan Meteorological Agency E-mail: metsat AT met.kishou.go.jp <Legal Notice>