CS- (Communications Satellite)
CS, Japanese communications satellite.
CS- was the designation of a Japanese communications satellite program also known by the national name Sakura ("cherry blossom"). Spacecraft in the CS series, which were launched by NASDA (National Space Development Agency) supported domestic telecommunications and also enabled new technologies to be developed and tested.
The last two members of the CS series, CS-3A and CS-3B, finished their programmed operations on 30 November 1995 and 31 May 1996, rspectively.
spacecraft
launch date
launch vehicle
launch site
GSO location
mass (kg)
CS-1
Dec 15, 1977
Delta 2914
Cape Canaveral
135°E
676
CS-2A
Feb 4, 1983
N-2
Tanegashima
132°E
772
CS-2B
Aug 5, 1983
N-2
Tanegashima
670
CS-3A
Feb 19, 1988
H-1
Tanegashima
132°E
1,100
CS-3B
Sep 16, 1988
H-1
Tanegashima
136°E
1,100