Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:17:00
Thursday February 22, 1990
Exploded due to a blocked water line. Flight V36.
Superbird-B, also identified as Superbird-2 before launch, was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Ford Aerospace (now SSL MDA) on the SSL 1300 platform. It was originally ordered by Space Communications Corporation (SCC), which later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group. It had a mixed Ku band, Ka band, and X band payload and was lost at launch.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,492 kilograms
Yuri, also known as Broadcasting Satellite or BS, was a series of Japanese direct broadcast satellites. The first satellite of this series, called BSE or Yuri 1, was launched in 1978. The last BS series satellite, BS-3b (Yuri 3b), was launched in 1991.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
1,250 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 4,720 kg
Liftoff Thrust
6,000 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
8th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1990
27th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1990
17th
Orbital launch attempt