BeppoSAX Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
30 Apr 1996, 4:31am
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 36B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
BeppoSAX
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
SAX (Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X) is the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite selected by the Italian National Space Plan for inclusion in the Science Plan. The objective of the mission is to perform spectroscopic and time variability studies of celestial X-ray sources in the energy band from 1 to 200 keV. including an all-sky monitoring investigation of transients in the 2-30 keV.energy range.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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