Launch Successful

H-1 | Fuyo 1

Name: H-1 | Fuyo 1
Start: 1992-02-11T01:50:00.000Z
End: 1992-02-11T01:50:00.000Z
Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

February 11, 1992 at 1:50 AM UTC

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

H-1 | Fuyo 1 launch image — Mission imagery · H-I

LAUNCH IN

T−00d00h00m00s

February 11, 1992 at 1:50 AM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · 30.3994, 130.9700

Open map

Rocket: H-I
Launch site: Osaki Launch Complex
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: February 11, 1992 at 1:50 AM UTC
Window closes: February 11, 1992 at 1:50 AM UTC
Feed updated: July 7, 2023 at 1:10 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

H-I

H-I · I

Height

42 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

3,200 kg

Successful launches

Launch complex

Osaki Launch Complex

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

The Tanegashima Space Center is the largest rocket-launch complex in Japan. It is located on the southeastern tip of Tanegashima, an island located south of Kyushu, an island and region and Japan. It was established in 1969 when the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) was formed, and is now run by JAXA. The activities that take place at TNSC include assembly, testing, launching, and tracking satellites, as well as rocket engine firing tests.

Open map

Connected program records