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Himawari 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 10 Aug 1981, 08:03 pm UTC
Rocket: N-2
Provider: National Space Development Agency of Japan
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mission Description
Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications