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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
Orbit
Drifting orbit
Altitude
550 km
Inclination
38
°
Space agency
CONAE
, INPE , NASA , AEB
Status
Lost at launch
Details on Status (as
available)
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
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
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
SAC-B
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed