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Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesH-IOsaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sakura 3B
Launched
September 16, 1988
Summary
Sakura 3B launched on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-I from Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on September 16, 1988. It was Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 4th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,343rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th H-I flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Sakura 3B, one of 3 catalogued objects, from September 18, 1988, was 35,568 × 37,166 km inclined 0.2°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- H-I · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 4th H-I flight · 2nd this yearMitsubishi Heavy Industries's 4th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,343rd orbital launch attempt90th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sakura 3B · NORAD 19508 · 1988-086 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- CS 3B
- Object ID
- 1988-086A
- Epoch
- 1988-09-18 13:13:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.98261202 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0187013
- Inclination
- 0.2114°
- Ascending node
- 271.3184°
- Arg. of perigee
- 85.3674°
- Mean anomaly
- 3.2073°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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 3B · NORAD 19508 · in orbit
H-I-19F Stage 2 · re-entered September 21, 1988
H-1-19F Stage 3 · re-entered June 16, 1989
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
19th launch from Osaki Launch Complex, 2nd this year · 19th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
24 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
209 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Sakura 3B launch?
Sakura 3B launched on September 16, 1988. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sakura 3B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sakura 3B?
H-I, flown by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. H-I spec sheet
Where did Sakura 3B launch from?
Osaki Launch Complex, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Sakura 3B reach?
The tracked orbit of Sakura 3B, one of 3 catalogued objects, from September 18, 1988, was 35,568 × 37,166 km inclined 0.2°.
How many satellites did Sakura 3B launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).