launched fromJapan

ETS-5

Name: ETS-5
Start: 1987-08-27T09:20:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Success

AUG 27198709:20:00 UTC

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

LIFTOFF

AUG 27 1987

09:20:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor H-IH-17intoGTO

Payload

ETS-5 (Kiku-5)

Experimental communication satellite