Production Corporation Polyot
ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, April 28, 1999 · 20:30 UTC
Mission
/01The ABRIXAS (A Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey) small satellite (A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey Satellite) was designed to perform the first complete survey of the sky with an imaging telescope in the X-ray energy range from 0.5 to 10 keV. MegSat 0 was the first MegSat communications satellite.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
Variant: -3M
Launch Pad
107
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
48.541° N, 46.297° E
2
Pad Launches
100
Location Launches
32
Agency Launches
23
Orbital This Year