Fasat Bravo

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General

Designation	25395 / 98043B
Launch date	10 Jul 1998
Country of origin	Chile
Operator	Chilean Air Force (FACH: Fuerza Aerea de Chile)
Mission	Scientific:
Perigee/Apogee	269 / 283 km
Inclination	114
Period	90 minutes
Launch vehicle	Zenit #29

approx cost of the satellite: $2 million

FASat-Bravo is designed to monitor the destruction of the ozone layer above Chile. The sophisticated satellite will also take images of the Earth's surface and will carry an educational communications experiment for universities and schools in Chile.

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End of life

Out of service	Jun 2001
Cause	batteries ran out
Decay

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SSTL
Platform	micronsat
Mass at launch	50 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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