Friday, January 15, 1999

Sakura 3A

 1988-012A


Mitsubishi built the CS-3A satellite, named Sakura 3A after launch.

Apogee burn was around 4th apogee. Based on the stage 3 elements it would have been around 0130 UTC Feb 21; based on the tracked drift orbit, sometime around 2350 UTC Feb 20 may be more likely.


Sakura 3A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Feb 19  1005 Launch by H-I  TNSC 
  T+1:25 SRM sep 
  T+4:33 MECO 
  T+4:41 St 1 sep 
  T+4:46 Stage 2 burn  
  Fairing sep 
 1015 T+10:44 Stage 2 cutoff 89.83 200 x 332 x 30.7 
 1030 T+25:07 Stage 2 sep 
 1030 T+25:30 Stage 3 burn 
 1031 T+26:30 Stage 3 burnout 
 1032 T+27:32 Stage 3 sep 664.8 237 x 37474 x 28.3 
1988 Feb 19  1600? Apo 1 over 60W 
 2130? Peri 1 
1988 Feb 20  0330?  Apo 2 over 134E 
 0830? Peri 2 
 1430? Apo 3 over 32W 
 2000? Peri 3 
1988 Feb 20 2350? Possible AKM burn 
1988 Feb 21  0130? Apo 4 over 165E 
1988 Feb 21  0128? AKM burn, 55s? 
   1413.72 34263 x 36431 x 0.2 GEO 178.1E+5.7E 
1988 Feb 29    1451.57 35746 x 36431 x 0.1 GEO 173.9E+3.8W 
1988 May 25    1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 131.9E 
1989 Oct 19    1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 132.0E 
1991 Feb 8    1436.18 35782 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 131.9E 
1993 Feb 19    1436.17 35785 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 131.9E 
1995 May 24    1436.17 35787 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 132.0E 
1996 Sep 25    1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 132.0E 

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