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SAKURA (CS)

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 15, 1977 at 12:47 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Delta 2914 →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
Sakura
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,181 km
Periapsis
36,163 km
Inclination
7.39°
Orbital period
1455.84 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1977-118A
NORAD catalog №
10516
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
JapanJapan
Radar cross-section
8.058 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational