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Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesH-IOsaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Yuri 3A
Launched
August 28, 1990
Summary
Yuri 3A launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-I from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on August 28, 1990. It was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 7th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,557th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th H-I flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Yuri 3A, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 202 × 37,688 km orbit inclined 28.7°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- H-I · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 7th H-I flight · 2nd this yearMitsubishi Heavy Industries's 7th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,557th orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yuri 3A · NORAD 20771 · 1990-077 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- BS-3A (YURI 3A)
- Object ID
- 1990-077A
- Epoch
- 1990-08-29 02:15:15 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.15534453 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7403763
- Inclination
- 28.7447°
- Ascending node
- 146.5594°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.7392°
- Mean anomaly
- 181.3056°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.0021387
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Yuri 3A · NORAD 20771 · in orbit
H-I-22F Stage 2 · re-entered September 5, 1990
H-I-22F Stage 3 · re-entered February 16, 1991
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
22nd launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 2nd this year · 22nd from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
202 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Tanegashima Space Center, JapanOpen in maps
Questions
When did Yuri 3A launch?
Yuri 3A launched on August 28, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Yuri 3A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yuri 3A?
H-I, flown by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. H-I spec sheet
Where did Yuri 3A launch from?
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Yuri 3A reach?
Yuri 3A, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 202 × 37,688 km orbit inclined 28.7°.
How many satellites did Yuri 3A launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).