Atlas I | BS-3H
Status: Failure | Launched: Apr 18, 1991 23:30 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: General Dynamics (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas I — Atlas family
Mission
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).
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36B
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T17:00:54.526451+00:00.