Status
Success
Yuri-3B
Launch Time
Sun Aug 25, 1991 08:40 UTC
Sun Aug 25, 1991 08:40 UTC
Last flight of H-I UM-129A (9SO).
Rocket
Mission Details
Yuri-3B
The BS-3 were launched to replace the broadcasting serices of the BS-2, responding to growing broadcasting needs while developing technologies for more advanced broadcasting satellites. They were used for broadcasting and test broadcasting with high-definition television. In 1993, the program was spun off from NASDA to the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation of Tokyo (B-SAT).
The satellites were based on GE Astro's AS-3000 bus and carried a NEC built broadcasting payload consisting of three active high power Ku-band transponders with three spares.
BS-3b finished its programmed operation on 1 December 1998.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,100.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Stats
1991
62nd orbital launch attempt
H-I
8th mission
1st mission of 1991
8th successful mission