MISSION NAME
Sakura 3B
Status
Success
DATE
16 SEP 1988
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Launch Pad
Osaki Launch Complex
Description
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
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.