Sakura 3B

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

Japanese geostationary communications satellite

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
SAKURA-3B (CS-3B) 1988-086A Payload 36058 × 36105 km · 14.9° Globe
H-1 R/B(1) 1988-086B Rocket body re-entered 1988-09-21
H-1 R/B(2) 1988-086C Rocket body re-entered 1989-06-16

COSPAR ID 1988-086 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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