← All launches
Launch SuccessfulMitsubishi Heavy Industries
H-1: Fuyo 1
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.
Tuesday, 11 February 1992
Mission Data
🇯🇵Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesEst. 1884
Launch VehicleH-I
Vehicle Record9 of 9 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record57 successes / 2 failures (97%)
Success Streak3 consecutive
Mission TypeEarth Science
Target OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch PadOsaki Launch Complex
Location🇯🇵 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#8
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad24
Launches From This Site100
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About H-I
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.
Launch Site
Osaki Launch Complex · 30.3994°N 130.9702°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.