Himawari 2

 1981-076A

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The second GMS was built by Nippon Electric (NEC) with collaboration by Hughes. The GMS-2 to GMS-5 satellites were given the HS-378 bus designation by Hughes. GMS 2 was renamed Himawari 2 after launch by an N-2 fron Tanegashima.

Himawari 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 10	2003	Launch by N-2	TNSC
		T+0:35 SRM burnout 1-6
		T+1:25 SRM sep?
		T+4:24 MECO
		T+4:32 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:38 SES-1
	2008	T+5:02 Fairing
	2012	T+11:03 SECO-1	171 x 171? x 30.3
	2026	T+23:34 SES-2
	2026	T+23:39 SECO-2
	2028	T+24:41 Stage 2 sep	171 x 514 x 30.3
	2028	T+25:01 TES 37s
	2028	T+25:38 TECO
	2030	T+27:20 Stage 3 sep
1981 Aug 11			656.05 180 x 37083 x 29.0
1981 Aug 12	1045:47	AKM at apo 4, 50s burn
1981 Aug 12	1101	AKM sep
1981 Aug 20	0946	On station 160E
1981 Aug 25			1435.98 35775 x 35793 x 1.2 GEO 139.8E+0.02E
1981 Sep		Tests	GEO 160E
1981 Nov 10		mv out	GEO
1981 Dec 15		On station	GEO 140E
1981 Dec		JMA operations
1982 Feb 1			1436.04 35776 x 35795 x 0.9 GEO 140.3E
1982 Oct			GEO 140E
1984 Jan 7			1436.08 35771 x 35800 x 0.8 GEO 140.2E
1984 Feb 28		mv out	1435.99 35778 x 35790 x 2.5 GEO 140E
1984 Mar 4			1436.26 35775 x 35804 x 0.9 GEO 144.7E+0.05W
1984 Mar		on station	GEO 145E
1985 Jun 15			1436.15 35782 x 35793 x 1.4 GEO 145.2E
1985 Jul		mv out	GEO 145E
1985 Jul 6			1437.90 35785 x 35861 x 1.5 GEO 136.6E+0.5W
1985 Aug			GEO 130E dr
1985 Aug 27			1436.03 35782 x 35788 x 1.6 GEO 120.0E
1985 Sep		On station	GEO 120E
1986 Mar 27			1436.21 35784 x 35793 x 2.1 GEO 119.8E
1987 Sep 28			1436.28 35782 x 35798 x 3.5 GEO 119.7E
1987 Nov 19			1436.27 35784 x 35795 x 3.7 GEO 119.8E+0.05W
1988 Feb		Orbit raise
1988 Feb 9			1446.55 35951 x 36030 x 3.9 GEO 103.9W+2.6W
1990 Jul 12			1446.43 35948 x 36029 x 6.1 GEO 131.9E+2.5W