Superbird-B & BS-2X

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:17:00

Thursday February 22, 1990

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Exploded due to a blocked water line. Flight V36.

Superbird-B

Wiki

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

BS-2X

Wiki

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

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 44L

Active 1989 to 2003

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Rocket

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 58.72m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 4,720 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,000 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

Stats

Ariane 4


8th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1990

European Space Agency


27th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1990

1990


17th

Orbital launch attempt