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Atlas I
Launched 1996-04-30 04:31:01 UTCLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
28th
orbital launch attempt in 1996
General Dynamics
1st
launch this year
Launch Complex 36B
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
89 d 3 h
since the pad's previous 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.
Launches
11
Successful
9
82%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
43.9m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
5,900kg
Liftoff thrust
1,939kN
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