LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Apr 30 1996
General Dynamics
BeppoSAX
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
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Rocket Details
Name:
Atlas IDescription:
The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 36B