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Satellite Programme:
Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientificas
Programme details
Programme description
Series of satellites for scientific missions and technological demonstrations.
Argentinean programme: CONAE responsible of development and operations, payloads often provided by collaborating agencies.
The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design life time is 5 years.
The satellites exploit different orbits depending on the mission. Drifting orbits for non-EO missions (SAC-A and SAC-B). For Earth observation, sunsynchronous orbits around 10:30 or 6:00 are used.
See detailed descriptions at: https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/sac-c and https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/sac-d .
Data circulation
Data stored onboard and transmitted to a main receiving station in Cordoba, Argentina.
Distribution centre located in Buenos Aires, payload data generally transferred to the instrument provider agencies for processing.
Agencies
CONAE
, INPE , NASA , AEB
Programme lifetime
1996 - 2028
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientificas
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .