launched fromJapan

GMS-2

Name: GMS-2
Start: 1981-08-10T20:03:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Success

AUG 10198120:03:00 UTC

A weather satellite mission to GTO on Thor N-II.

LIFTOFF

AUG 10 1981

20:03:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor N-IIN-8intoGTO

Payload

GMS-2 (Himawari-2)

Weather satellite