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Launch SuccessfulMitsubishi Heavy Industries
H-1: Sakura 3A
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
Friday, 19 February 1988
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 TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit
Launch PadOsaki Launch Complex
Location🇯🇵 Tanegashima Space Center, Japan JPN
Orbital Launches This Year#13
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.