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ABRIXAS & MegSat 0

Name: Kosmos-3M | ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Start: 1999-04-28T20:30:00Z
Location: 107, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Kosmos-3M

Launched Wed, Apr 28 · 8:30 PM UTC1999-04-28 20:30 UTC107, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

23rd

orbital launch attempt in 1999

Production Corporation Polyot

1st

launch this year

107

1st

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

5601 d 10 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

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.

Launch Provider

Production Corporation Polyot

Commercial · Russia

Launches

Successful

96%

Upcoming

scheduled

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Production Corporation PolyotLaunch SuccessfulCommunications

ABRIXAS & MegSat 0

Kosmos-3M

Launched Wed, Apr 28 · 8:30 PM UTC1999-04-28 20:30 UTC107, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Low Earth Orbit

Worldwide

23rd

orbital launch attempt in 1999

Production Corporation Polyot

1st

launch this year

107

1st

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

5601 d 10 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

Launch Provider

Production Corporation Polyot

Commercial · Russia

Launches

Successful

96%

Upcoming

scheduled

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ABRIXAS & MegSat 0

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