Himawari-8 conducts first target area observation in response to international user request

JMA’s Himawari-8 meteorological satellite began conducting on-demand Target Area (TA) observation around Darwin in northern Australia at 06:30 UTC on 15 October 2018 in response to a request made by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). This is the first operation of its kind to be performed under the new HimawariRequest service.

More information can be found here together with a related animation.