Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-ray background. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2012-048; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 13 September 2012, 21:39:00 UTC
- Launch location
- South Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 401
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · January 2013
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
CXBN
X-ray background.
- GCAT ID
- S38762
- Manufacturer
- Morehead State University
- Launch mass
- 3 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.2 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 0.5 m span
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