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A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey
Former space-based German X-ray telescope. A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey was launched on April 28, 1999 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Kapustin Yar. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 31, 2017).
COSPAR 1999-022ANORAD 25721Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ABRIXAS
- Common name
- A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey
- International designator
- 1999-022A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25721
- GCAT identifier
- S25721
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/396
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DLR Astro
- Owner
- DLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- OHB (Orbital Hochtechnologie Bremen System GmbH)
- Platform (bus)
- ABRIXAS
Launch
- Date
- April 28, 1999 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-022Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Kapustin Yar · pad LC107
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 554 km
- Apogee
- 602 km
- Inclination
- 48.45°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 31, 2017
- Last known active
- May 1, 1999
- End of operations
- May 1, 1999
Size
- Mass
- 470 kg
- Dry mass
- 470 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14918 (CC0).