MHI H-I Yuri 3B

Name: MHI H-I Yuri 3B
Start: 1991-08-25T08:40:00.000Z
Location: Osaki Launch Complex

H-I rocket used for the Yuri 3B space launch

H-I

Status

Success

Date

25 AUG 1991

08:40

Launch Provider

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch Pad

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Overview

The BS-3 or Yuri 3 satellites were a series of Japanese direct broadcasting satellites.

Rocket

H-I

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary 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