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Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
NASA satellite of the Explorer program. Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer was launched on August 21, 1996 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-049ANORAD 24285United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- FAST
- Common name
- Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
- International designator
- 1996-049A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24285
- GCAT identifier
- S24285
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/322
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- SMEX
Launch
- Date
- August 21, 1996 · 09:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-049Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 351 km
- Apogee
- 4,164 km
- Inclination
- 83.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2006
- End of operations
- May 1, 2009
Size
- Mass
- 162 kg
- Dry mass
- 162 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 60.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49912 (CC0).