Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Broad band spectra. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1996-027; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 30 April 1996, 04:31:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas I
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 29 April 2003
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SAX
Broad band spectra.
- GCAT ID
- S23857
- Manufacturer
- Alenia Spazio
- Launch mass
- 1,383 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.6 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 9 m span
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