General DynamicsAtlas ILaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
BeppoSAX
Launched
April 30, 1996
Summary
BeppoSAX launched on a General Dynamics Atlas I from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 30, 1996. It was General Dynamics's 10th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,069th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Atlas I flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). BeppoSAX, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 589 × 613 km orbit inclined 4.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas I · General Dynamics
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 10th Atlas I flight · 1st this yearGeneral Dynamics's 10th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,069th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
BeppoSAX · NORAD 23857 · 1996-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAX
- Object ID
- 1996-027A
- Epoch
- 1996-04-30 05:46:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.914385 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0017152
- Inclination
- 3.9654°
- Ascending node
- 112.0855°
- Arg. of perigee
- 341.2534°
- Mean anomaly
- 18.692°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- BeppoSAX · NORAD 23857 · re-entered April 29, 2003
Centaur AC-78 · re-entered June 9, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
55th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 513th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
89 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did BeppoSAX launch?
BeppoSAX launched on April 30, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch BeppoSAX?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched BeppoSAX?
Atlas I, flown by General Dynamics. Atlas I spec sheet
Where did BeppoSAX launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did BeppoSAX reach?
BeppoSAX, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 589 × 613 km orbit inclined 4.0°.
How many satellites did BeppoSAX launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).