Kosmos-3M
SuccessABRIXAS & MegSat 0 · Production Corporation Polyot
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1999, 20:30 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1999, 20:30 UTC – Wednesday, Apr 28, 1999, 20:30 UTC
Provider
Production Corporation Polyot
Rocket
Launch pad
107, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The ABRIXAS (A Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey) small satellite (A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey Satellite) was designed to perform the first complete survey of the sky with an imaging telescope in the X-ray energy range from 0.5 to 10 keV. MegSat 0 was the first MegSat communications satellite.
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