LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Wed Apr 28 1999
Production Corporation Polyot
ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(8:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(8:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(8:30 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)Description:
N/A
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Pad
107