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Himawari 3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 2 Aug 1984, 08:30 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