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1988 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Sakura 3B

successH-1 | Sakura 3B

Japanese geostationary communications satellite

Overview

Date / time: September 16, 1988 at 09:59 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Osaki Launch Complex
Mission: Sakura 3B
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

SAKURA-3B (CS-3B)