Status
Success
Yuri-3A
Launch Time
Tue Aug 28, 1990 09:05 UTC
Tue Aug 28, 1990 09:05 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Yuri-3A
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-3a finished its programmed operation on 20 April 1998.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,100.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Stats
1990
81st orbital launch attempt
H-I
7th mission
2nd mission of 1990
7th successful mission