NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sakura 3A

Launch Time
Fri Feb 19, 1988 10:05 UTC

Rocket

H-I UM-129A (9SO)
MHI
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 3,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 1,100 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 9
Rocket Height: 42.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m

Mission Details

Sakura 3A

CS 3a, renamed Sakura 3A was the third generation of japanese communications satellite. He was used for public communications operations and for cooperative operations such as emergency transmissions during disasters and communications with distant Japanese islands. He replaced the earlier CS 2 (Sakura 2) satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,099.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Stats

1988

13th orbital launch attempt

H-I

3rd mission
1st mission of 1988
3rd successful mission