Final flight of Japan's H-I rocket launched JERS-1 (Fuyo-1), the country's first Earth-observation satellite, into sun-synchronous orbit from Tanegashima.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 9 H-I flights
- Date and time
- 11 February 1992, 01:50 UTC
- Rocket
- H-I
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1992-007
- Launches in 1992
- 8th of 97
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