WMO OSCAR | Satellite: SAC-B

Satellite: SAC-B

Satellite details

Acronym	SAC-B
Full name	Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientificas - B
Satellite Description	2nd flight unit of the SAC programme, actually launched before SAC-A. Space weather mission.
Mass at launch	191 kg	Dry mass
Power	256 W
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	N/A (launch failure).
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	550 km
Inclination	38 °

Space agency	CONAE , INPE, NASA, AEB
Status	Lost at launch
Details on Status (as available)	Failed at launch.
Launch	04 Nov 1996	EOL	04 Nov 1996
Last update:	2015-07-29

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satélite de Aplicaciones Cientificas
- SAC-A (1998 - 1999)
- SAC-B (1996 - 1996)
- SAC-C (2000 - 2013)
- SAC-D (2011 - 2015)
- SAC-E/SABIA-MAR A (2022 - 2027)
- SAC-E/SABIA-MAR B (2023 - 2028)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on SAC-B

Acronym	Full name
HXRS	Hard X-Ray Spectrometer
GXRE/GRaBS	Goddard X-Ray Experiment - Gamma Ray Burst Spectrometer
CUBIC	Cosmic Unresolved X-Ray Background Instrument using CCDs
ISENA	Imaging Particle Spectrometer for Energetic Neutral Atoms
GXRE/SOXS	Goddard X-Ray Experiment / Soft X-Ray Spectrometer

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on SAC-B

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status
HXRS	Hard X-Ray Spectrometer	04 Nov 1996	04 Nov 1996	N/A
GXRE/GRaBS	Goddard X-Ray Experiment - Gamma Ray Burst Spectrometer	04 Nov 1996	04 Nov 1996	N/A
CUBIC	Cosmic Unresolved X-Ray Background Instrument using CCDs	04 Nov 1996	04 Nov 1996	N/A
ISENA	Imaging Particle Spectrometer for Energetic Neutral Atoms	04 Nov 1996	04 Nov 1996	N/A
GXRE/SOXS	Goddard X-Ray Experiment / Soft X-Ray Spectrometer	04 Feb 1997 *	04 Nov 1996 *	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed