General DynamicsAtlas ILaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Atlas I | BeppoSAX
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General Dynamics's 10th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,069th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Apr 30, 04:31 – Apr 30, 04:31 UTC
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BeppoSAX
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.
Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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