United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sakura
Launched
December 15, 1977
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
Sakura launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 15, 1977. It was United States Air Force's 704th launch, 24th this year and humanity's 2,039th orbital launch attempt. It was the 22nd Delta 2914 flight and the 8th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 22nd Delta 2914 flight · 8th this yearUnited States Air Force's 704th launch24th this yearhumanity's 2,039th orbital launch attempt124th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- Sakura · NORAD 10516 · in orbit
Delta 137 · in orbit
Delta 137 Stage 3 · re-entered October 9, 1981
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese experimental communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
62nd launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 6th this year · 336th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
53 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Sakura launch?
Sakura launched on December 15, 1977. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sakura?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sakura?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did Sakura launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was Sakura going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did Sakura launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).