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GMS satellite comparison table

Subject	has launch date	has dimension	has launch vehicle	has launch location	has constant longitude	has mass	has image	has attitude control
GMS	14 Jul 1977		Delta rocket	Kenedy Space Center		315 kg
GMS-2	11 Aug 1981		N-II rocket	Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan		296 kg
GMS-3	3 Aug 1984		N-II rocket	Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan		303 kg
GMS-4	6 Sept 1989	2.146 m diameter cylinder, height 0.3451 m	H-I rocket	Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan	140 deg east	325 kg		spin stabilized
GMS-5	early 1995	2.146 m diameter cylinder, height 0.3451 m	H-II rocket	Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima, Japan	140 deg east	344 kg		spin stabilized

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