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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Himawari 2
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Weather
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> August 10, 1981
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Tanegashima Space Centre, Tanegashima
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> N-2
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> Geostationary
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 3.5 metres long, 2.2 metres diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 620 kg
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> Japan
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The second Japanese GMS (geostationary meteorological satellite) weather satellite, and the first launched from Japan by a Japanese launch vehicle; Himawari 4 is launched September 5, 1989.