Status
Failure
Yuri 3H
Launch Time
Thu Apr 18, 1991 23:30 UTC
Thu Apr 18, 1991 23:30 UTC
RSO destroyed the rocket at T+441 seconds. Due to management schedule and cost pressure during the postflight analysis, engineers made a quick but wrong conclusion that one Centaur engine failed to start due to debris lodged in the LH2 turbopump.
Rocket
Mission Details
Yuri 3H
Yuri, also known as Broadcasting Satellite or BS, was a series of Japanese direct broadcast satellites.
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1991
30th orbital launch attempt
Atlas I
2nd mission
1st mission of 1991
1st failed mission