Mitsubishi Electric Wins New Japanese Meteorological Satellite Contract
Company's fourth consecutive
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1) Advanced equipment for expanded observation capabilities
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Himawari -10 will be equipped with a visible infrared imager and a hyperspectral infrared sounder, both built by L3 Harris Technologies ofthe United States , and a space environment sensor from theNational Institute of Information and Communications Technology ofJapan (NICT). -
The imager, which offers observation wavelength bands and resolutions superior to those of the
Himawari -8 and 9, will gather two-dimensional information about cloud and water-vapor distribution, and land, sea and cloud temperatures based on frequent measurement of visible to infrared rays emitted from the earth’s surface.
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