MISSION NAME
Fuyo 1 1
Status
Success
DATE
11 FEB 1992
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch Pad
Osaki Launch Complex
Description
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.
H-I
Rocket Description
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.