Sakura 1

 1977-118A

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NASDA's CS (Communications Satellite) program was aimed at developing a domestic comsat system for Japan. The telecom services were provided by NTT. CS 1 was built by Mitsubishi and Ford, and launched on an American Delta from Cape Canaveral in Dec 1977. It was named Sakura (`cherry blossom') after launch.

Sakura 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Dec 15	0047	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+38s SRM 1-6 out
		T+39s SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+3:45 MECO
		T+3:53 St 1 sep
		T+3:59 St 2 burn
		T+4:37 Fairing sep
	0055	T+8:53 SECO-1 167 km 7.394 km/s	166 x 167 km x 28.5?
	0108	T+21:06 SES-2 166 km 7.396 km/s
	0108	T+21:15 SECO-2
		T+22:10 spinup
	0109	T+22:15 St 2 sep 166 km 7.510 km/s	167 x 600? x 28.5
	0109	T+22:57 St 3 burn
	0110	T+23:41 TECO 169 km 9.929 km/s
	0111	T+24:46 St 3 sep 194 km 9.831 km/s	166 x 35936 x 28.8
	0217?	St 2 depletion	111.32 483 x 2090 x 28.7
1977 Dec 16	0327	AKM 43s burn
1977 Dec 24			GEO 135E
1978 Feb 2		NSSK burn	1436.09 35782 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 135.0E
1978 May 5		NSSK burn
1978 Jul 4		NSSK burn
1978 Sep 19		NSSK burn
1978 Nov 29		NSSK burn
1979 Jan 27		NSSK burn
1979 Apr 24		NSSK burn
1979 Jul 5		NSSK burn
1979 Aug			GEO 135E
1979 Sep 10		NSSK burn
1979 Dec 4		NSSK burn
1980 Aug			GEO 135E
1982 Apr			GEO 134E
1983 Aug			GEO 135E
1983 Aug 15			1436.18 35786 x 35789 x 1.3 GEO 134.9E
1983 Oct			GEO 131E+0.1/d
1984 Jan			GEO dr
1984 Feb 5			1436.07 35778 x 35794 x 1.7 GEO 150.2E
1984 Feb		On station	GEO 150E
1985 Sep			GEO 150.0E
1985 Nov 13			GEO 150.0E
1985 Nov 19			1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 3.3 GEO 150.1E
1985 Nov 19		mv out	GEO +0.2/d
1985 Nov 24			1456.00 36167 x 36812 x 3.3