MHI H-I Momo 1b

Name: MHI H-I Momo 1b
Start: 1990-02-07T01:33:00.000Z
Location: Osaki Launch Complex

H-I rocket used for the Momo 1b space launch

H-I

Status

Success

Date

7 FEB 1990

01:33

Launch Provider

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch Pad

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

Japanese Earth observation satellite

Rocket

H-I

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth 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