Upcoming Timeline Agencies Rockets Satellites Track Intel

1981 · National Space Development Agency of Japan

Himawari 2

successN-2 | Himawari 2

Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications

Overview

Date / time: August 10, 1981 at 08:03 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Osaki Launch Complex
Mission: Himawari 2
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Launch provider

National Space Development Agency of Japan →

Payloads deployed · 1

HIMAWARI-2 (GMS-2)