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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:37:00
Friday February 4, 1983
CS 2a and 2b (Communications Satellite 2a and 2b), renamed Sakura 2A and 2B were the second generation of Japanese communications satellites. They were used for public communications operations and for cooperative operations such as emergency transmissions during disasters and communications with distant Japanese islands. They were also instrumental in developing new communications technology.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
350 kilograms
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1983
7th
Orbital launch attempt