MHI H-I Fuyo 1

Name: MHI H-I Fuyo 1
Start: 1992-02-11T01:50:00.000Z
Location: Osaki Launch Complex

H-I rocket used for the Fuyo 1 space launch

H-I

Status

Success

Date

11 FEB 1992

01:50

Launch Provider

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch Pad

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

JERS 1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) is an Earth Observation Satellite to cover the global land area for national land survey, agriculture, forestry, and fishery, environmental protection, disaster protection, and coastal monitoring, etc. focusing on observation around the world and resource exploitation.

Rocket

H-I

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The H-1 was a Japanese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, consisting of a license-produced American First Stage and set of booster rockets and all-Japanese upper stages. It replaced the N-II and was subsequently replaced by the H-2 which has the same upper stages with a Japaense first stage.

Height

42 m

Diameter

2.44 m

Launch Mass

142 T