SAC B

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General

Designation	24645 / 96061A
Launch date	4 Nov 1996
Country of origin	Argentina
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	550 km, circular
Inclination	38°
Period	95.6 min
Launch vehicle	Pegasus XL #14

Cooperative project between NASA and Argentinas National Commission of Space Activities (CONAE). The satellite is designed to advance the study of solar physics and astrophysics through the examination of solar flares, gamma ray bursts, diffuse X-ray cosmic background, and energetic neutral atoms.

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End of life

Out of service	4 Nov 1996
Cause	Failed to separate with the rocket
Decay	April 2002

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External resources

http://www.conae.gov.ar/sac-prueba.html

http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/spacesci/sacb.htm
http://www.astro.psu.edu/xray/cubic/SAC-B.html
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	INVAP (Bariloche, AR)
Platform
Mass at launch	181 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	3 years

Telemetry & data: 2255.5 MHz (realtime: 0.032 kbps, playback: 50, 100 or 200 kbps)
Command: 2076.9 MHz (0.992 kbps)

Primary ground operations should have been performed by the Argentine Mission Operations Control Center (MOCC) located in San Miguel (just outside of Buenos Aires) which incorporates a 3.6-meter antenna system used for tracking, telemetry, telecommand and data acquisition and which is collocated and integrated with the MOCC systems.

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