ECS-2

 1984-080A

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The NEC/Hughes GMS-3A satellite was launched in Aug 1984 and became Himawari 3.

Himawari 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 2	2030	Launch by N-2	TNSC
		T+0:38 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:15 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+4:32 MECO
		T+4:40 St 1 sep
	2034	T+4:46 Stage 2 burn
		T+5:00 Fairing
	2041	T+11:07 SECO
	2053	T+23:07 SES-2 7s
	2053	T+23:14 SECO-2
	2054	T+24:14 Spinup
	2054	T+24:22 Stage 2 sep
	2054	T+24:54 Stage 3 burn 37s?
	2055	T+25:38 Stage 3 burnout after 44s
	2056	T+26:54 Stage 3 sep
1984 Aug 3	0300?	Apo 1
	0800?	Peri 1
	1300?	Apo 2
	1830?	Peri 2
1984 Aug 4	0000?	Apo 3
	0530?	Peri 3
	1100?	Apo 4 at 178E
1984 Aug 4	1100?	Star 27 AKM at 4th apo
1984 Aug 4	1105?	Star 27 ejected
1984 Aug 4			1451.05 35730 x 36427 x 1.9 GEO 178.9W+3.7W
1984 Aug 13			1450.24 35784 x 36341 x 1.9 GEO 147.0E+3.5W
1984 Aug 15?		Radiometer cover jettison
1984 Aug 15?		mv in
1984 Sep 7			1436.17 35782 x 35793 x 1.8 GEO 140.3E
1984 Sep 27		Begin operational data
1985 Jan 26			1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 1.4 GEO 140.3E
1986 Jan 25			1436.20 35785 x 35792 x 0.5 GEO 139.8E
1987 Jan 5			1436.02 35784 x 35786 x 0.4 GEO 140.0E
1988 Feb 11			1436.04 35782 x 35788 x 0.7 GEO 140.1E
1989 Feb 11			1436.26 35786 x 37593 x 0.8 GEO 139.7E
1989 Dec 8			1436.34 35787 x 35795 x 1.4 GEO 139.0E+0.07W
1989 Dec?		Move to 120E
1990 Feb 14			1436.15 35786 x 35789 x 1.6 GEO 120.0E
1991 Jan 1			1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 2.4 GEO 120.2E
1993 Feb 22			1436.15 35782 x 35792 x 4.2 GEO 120.1E