Japan's H-II rocket flew its third mission, carrying the Space Flyer Unit (SFU) reusable science platform, which hosted astronomy and materials experiments, and the GMS-5 (Himawari 5) weather satellite. The SFU was later retrieved by Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-72.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.2 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 7 H-II flights
- Date and time
- 18 March 1995, 08:01 UTC
- Rocket
- H-II
- Builder
- MHI
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1995-011
- Launches in 1995
- 13th of 80
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