National Space Development Agency of JapanN-2Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sakura 2B
Launched
August 5, 1983
Summary
Sakura 2B launched on a National Space Development Agency of Japan N-2 from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on August 5, 1983. It was National Space Development Agency of Japan's 11th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 2,728th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th N-2 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Sakura 2B, one of 3 catalogued objects, from August 9, 1983, was 35,304 × 36,616 km inclined 0.3°. 3 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
- 4th N-2 flight · 2nd this yearNational Space Development Agency of Japan's 11th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 2,728th orbital launch attempt82nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sakura 2B · NORAD 14248 · 1983-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAKURA 2B (CS-2B)
- Object ID
- 1983-081A
- Epoch
- 1983-08-09 15:09:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99681044 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0155016
- Inclination
- 0.3105°
- Ascending node
- 285.3701°
- Arg. of perigee
- 195.7069°
- Mean anomaly
- 240.4442°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 1 still in orbit
- Sakura 2B · NORAD 14248 · in orbit
N-II-11F Stage 2 · re-entered September 27, 1983
N-II-11F Stage 3 · re-entered May 25, 1991
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
11th launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 2nd this year · 11th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
182 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Sakura 2B launch?
Sakura 2B launched on August 5, 1983. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sakura 2B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sakura 2B?
N-2, flown by National Space Development Agency of Japan. N-2 spec sheet
Where did Sakura 2B launch from?
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Sakura 2B reach?
The tracked orbit of Sakura 2B, one of 3 catalogued objects, from August 9, 1983, was 35,304 × 36,616 km inclined 0.3°.
How many satellites did Sakura 2B launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).