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Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
NASA space observatory. Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite was launched on December 6, 1998 aboard a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1998-071ANORAD 25560United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SWAS
- Common name
- Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
- International designator
- 1998-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25560
- GCAT identifier
- S25560
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/360
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SMEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Platform (bus)
- SMEX
Launch
- Date
- December 6, 1998 · 00:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-071Success
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad RW30/12
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 638 km
- Apogee
- 650 km
- Inclination
- 69.90°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2005
- End of operations
- August 2005
Size
- Mass
- 282 kg
- Dry mass
- 282 kg
- Length
- 1.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q54374 (CC0).