Atlas I | BS-3H

Name: Atlas I | BS-3H
Start: 1991-04-18T23:30:00Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Two Ku-band DTH satellites were originally ordered by STC in 1982, but when their plans failed, were sold to Japan as gapfillers in the BS broadcasting satellite program under the designation BS 2x (1989) and BS 3h (1990).

Mission Details

Launch date: April 18, 1991 at 11:30 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas I
Operator: General Dynamics
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Communications