launched fromJapan

GMS-4

Name: GMS-4
Start: 1989-09-05T18:11:00Z
Location: Tanegashima

Success

SEP 05198918:11:00 UTC

A weather satellite mission to GTO on Thor H-I.

LIFTOFF

SEP 05 1989

18:11:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-NTanegashima

aboardThor H-IH-20intoGTO

Payload

GMS-4 (Himawari-4)

Weather satellite