Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has won the contract from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to build the nation’s newest, geostationary, meteorological satellite.
Known as the Himawari-10, this will be the fourth meteorological satellite to be built by Mitsubishi Electric, going back to the Himawari-7 20 years ago.
The Himawari-10 is a successor to the Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, which are currently operating in GEO.
The JMA called for proposals for the procurement of the spacecraft, based on Japan’s Space Policy, to satellite manufactures of Japan and overseas. Mitsubishi Electric was awarded the contract based on the firm’s extensive experience with satellites and the JMA’s high evaluation of the company’s proven DS2000 standard satellite platform and ground-data processing software.
