LAUNCH MISSION
General Dynamics Atlas I BS-3H
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36B
Description
Two Ku-band DTH satellites were originally ordered by STC in 1982, but when their plans failed, were sold to Japan as gapfillers in the BS broadcasting satellite program under the designation BS 2x (1989) and BS 3h (1990).
Atlas I
Rocket Description
The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.