launched fromJapan

ECS-B

Name: ECS-B
Start: 1980-02-22T08:35:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Success

FEB 22198008:35:00 UTC

An experimental communication satellite mission to GTO on Thor N-I.

LIFTOFF

FEB 22 1980

08:35:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor N-IN-6intoGTO

Payload

ECS-B (Ayame-2)

Experimental communication satellite