LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat Mar 18 1995

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

SFU & Himawari 5

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(8:01 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(8:01 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(8:01 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

H-II

Description:

The H-II rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999 with 5 successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites in the 1990s. It was the first two stage liquid fuelled rocket Japan made using only domestic technologies.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Astrophysics
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Tanegashima, Japan

Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex