H-I rocket lifted off from Tanegashima carrying two NASDA satellites on a shared flight: the BS-3a (Yuri 3A) direct-broadcast satellite and the GMS-4 (Himawari 4) weather satellite for the Japan Meteorological Agency.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 9 H-I flights
- Date and time
- 28 August 1990, 09:05 UTC
- Rocket
- H-I
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1990-077
- Launches in 1990
- 81st of 121
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