The Sasa-Satsuma equation with $3 times 3 $ Lax representation is one of the integrable extensions of the nonlinear Schr{o}dinger equation. In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem of the Sasa-Satsuma equation with generic decaying initial data. Based on the Rieamnn-Hilbert problem characterization for the Cauchy problem and the $overline{partial}$-nonlinear steepest descent method, we find qualitatively different long time asymptotic forms for the Sasa-Satsuma equation in three solitonic space-time regions: (1) For the region $x<0, |x/t|=mathcal{O}(1)$, the long time asymptotic is given by $$q(x,t)=u_{sol}(x,t| sigma_{d}(mathcal{I})) + t^{-1/2} h + mathcal{O} (t^{-3/4}). $$ in which the leading term is $N(I)$ solitons, the second term the second $t^{-1/2}$ order term is soliton-radiation interactions and the third term is a residual error from a $overlinepartial$ equation. (2) For the region $ x>0, |x/t|=mathcal{O}(1)$, the long time asymptotic is given by $$ u(x,t)= u_{sol}(x,t| sigma_{d}(mathcal{I})) + mathcal{O}(t^{-1}).$$ in which the leading term is $N(I)$ solitons, the second term is a residual error from a $overlinepartial$ equation. (3) For the region $ |x/t^{1/3}|=mathcal{O}(1)$, the Painleve asymptotic is found by $$ u(x,t)= frac{1}{t^{1/3}} u_{P} left(frac{x}{t^{1/3}} right) + mathcal{O} left(t^{2/(3p)-1/2} right), qquad 4<p < infty.$$ in which the leading term is a solution to a modified Painleve $mathrm{II}$ equation, the second term is a residual error from a $overlinepartial$ equation.
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