BeppoSAX

retired

Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 1996-027ALaunched 4/30/1996

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: SAX
Launch Vehicle: Atlas I
Launch Date: 4/30/1996
Last Contact: 4/29/2003

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 592.5 km
Inclination: 3.94 deg
Dry Mass: 1,383 kg
Total Mass: 1,383 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Science Exploration
Payload Category: AST
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Manufacturer: Thales Alenia Space

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1996-027A
UN Registration: A/AC.105/INF.400

Track

Mentions

1

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Luigi Piro, a senior researcher at INAF, notes that observing these transients became much more difficult after the BeppoSAX mission due to limited field of view of active instruments.

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