H-1 | Kiku 5
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m. - Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m. - Aug. 27, 1987, 9:20 a.m.
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
The H-1 was a Japanese liquid-fuelled carrier rocket, consisting of a license-produced American First Stage and set of booster rockets and all-Japanese upper stages. It replaced the N-II and was subsequently replaced by the H-2 which has the same upper stages with a Japaense first stage.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group. MHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.
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