LAUNCH MISSION

MHI H-I Sakura 3B

Name: MHI H-I Sakura 3B
Start: 1988-09-16T09:59:00.000Z
Location: Osaki Launch Complex

Status

Success

DATE

16 SEP 1988

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Launch Pad

Osaki Launch Complex

Description

Japanese geostationary communications satellite

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

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.

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