Atlas I
SuccessBeppoSAX · General Dynamics
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Apr 30, 1996, 04:31 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Apr 30, 1996, 04:31 UTC – Tuesday, Apr 30, 1996, 04:31 UTC
Provider
General Dynamics
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
BeppoSAX
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
SAX (Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X) is the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite selected by the Italian National Space Plan for inclusion in the Science Plan. The objective of the mission is to perform spectroscopic and time variability studies of celestial X-ray sources in the energy band from 1 to 200 keV. including an all-sky monitoring investigation of transients in the 2-30 keV.energy range.
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