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Atlas I | BeppoSAX

General Dynamics · Atlas I · Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

General Dynamics's 10th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,069th orbital launch attempt

April 30, 1996Add to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Apr 30, 04:31Apr 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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Pad — Launch Complex 36B

76 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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