LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Tue Sep 05 1989
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Himawari 4
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(7:11 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(7:11 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(7:11 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
H-IDescription:
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.
![H-I rocket](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Tanegashima, Japan
Pad
Osaki Y LP2