LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Feb 11 1992

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Fuyo 1

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(1:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(1:50 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(1:50 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

H-I

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Earth Science
JERS 1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) is an Earth Observation Satellite to cover the global land area for national land survey, agriculture, forestry, and fishery, environmental protection, disaster protection, and coastal monitoring, etc. focusing on observation around the world and resource exploitation.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima, Japan

Pad

Osaki Y LP2