Himawari-8 is a new generation of JapaneseIt is a new generation of meteorological satellite launched in 2014, also known as "geostationary meteorological satellite", its fuselage is about 53 meters long, and the tip of the satellite is divided into the first section and the second section of about 40 meters. Each section is a cylindrical shape with a diameter of about 4 meters.

Sunflower 8 is the world's first geostationary satellite that can take The previous satellites can only observe the whole earth once an hour, "Sunflower 8" observation frequency increased to once every 10 minutes, the continuous observation performance of the cloud layer and other movement has also been improved. From the color images, it is also possible to grasp the situation of dust that cannot be distinguished from clouds in black and white images.