launched fromJapan

GMS-3

Name: GMS-3
Start: 1984-08-02T20:30:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Success

AUG 02198420:30:00 UTC

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

LIFTOFF

AUG 02 1984

20:30:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor N-IIN-13intoGTO

Payload

GMS-3 (Himawari-3)

Weather satellite