SAC B
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.
Out
of service
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4
Nov 1996
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Cause
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Failed
to separate with the rocket
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Decay
|
April
2002
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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
Prime
contractor
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INVAP
(Bariloche, AR)
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Platform
|
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Mass
at launch
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181
kg
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Mass
in orbit
|
|
Dimension
|
|
Solar
array
|
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Stabilization
|
|
DC
power
|
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Design
lifetime
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3
years
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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.