Integration and Installation of The Low Cost C-band Receiving System for Himawari-8 Satellite

At present, satellites play an important role in daily life. There are various applications which people daily use from the satellites. Their applications accommodate humans for more comfortable and more secure environment. Furthermore, under the climate change circumstance, the monitoring of our earth by satellites is becoming more important due to the fact of the satellites can easily capture the earth from the top view. Satellite data can be used to support area of interested depending on the applications. This paper presents the setting one kind of the system for monitoring the earth at low cost. The weather forecast satellite such as Himawari-8 (Japanese meteorological satellite) consists of various band sensors which can be properly used to monitor the earth. The low cost receiving station is performed by self-integration following JMA recommendation. Moreover, we also select the components locally. As a result, self-integration system can reduce the cost more than turnkey system 50 percentage and working is perfect.