National Space Development Agency of JapanN-2Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sakura 2A
Launched
February 4, 1983
Summary
Sakura 2A launched on a National Space Development Agency of Japan N-2 from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 4, 1983. It was National Space Development Agency of Japan's 10th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,653rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd N-2 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Sakura 2A, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 125 × 36,976 km orbit inclined 28.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd N-2 flight · 1st this yearNational Space Development Agency of Japan's 10th launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,653rd orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sakura 2A · NORAD 13782 · 1983-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAKURA 2A (CS-2A)
- Object ID
- 1983-006A
- Epoch
- 1983-02-04 14:37:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.20669198 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7393605
- Inclination
- 28.8105°
- Ascending node
- 299.6257°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.5394°
- Mean anomaly
- 178.2709°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.0003481
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Sakura 2A · NORAD 13782 · in orbit
N-II-10F Stage 3 · re-entered May 27, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
10th launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 1st this year · 10th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
154 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Sakura 2A launch?
Sakura 2A launched on February 4, 1983. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sakura 2A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sakura 2A?
N-2, flown by National Space Development Agency of Japan. N-2 spec sheet
Where did Sakura 2A launch from?
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Sakura 2A reach?
Sakura 2A, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 125 × 36,976 km orbit inclined 28.8°.
How many satellites did Sakura 2A launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).