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SAC-A

Former Argentine experimental satellite. SAC-A was launched on December 4, 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 25, 1999).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: SAC-A
International designator: 1998-069B
NORAD catalog number: 25550
GCAT identifier: S25550
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/351

Mission

Mission type: Communications, Optical imaging
Use: Civil government
Program: SAC
Owner: CONAE Tabanera
Country: Argentina
Builder: Investigaciones Aplicads Sociedad del Estado (INVAP SE)
Platform (bus): SAC

Launch

Date: December 4, 1998 · 08:35 UTC
Launch record: 1998-069Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 378 km
Apogee: 396 km
Inclination: 51.58°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: October 25, 1999
Last known active: August 1999
End of operations: August 1999

Size

Mass: 60 kg
Dry mass: 60 kg
Length: 0.5 m
Diameter: 0.50 m
Span: 0.5 m

Launched together

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Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6116054 (CC0).