Earth orbit
SAS 2
Gamma ray telescope.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Gamma ray telescope. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-091; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 November 1972, 22:13:46 UTC
- Launch location
- San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay, Kenya
- Launch vehicle
- Scout D-1
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 8 June 1973
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SAS 2
Gamma ray telescope.
- GCAT ID
- S06282
- Manufacturer
- JHU-Applied Physics Lab
- Launch mass
- 174 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.3 m long · 0.6 m diameter · 4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from SAS 2.
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