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1999 · Production Corporation Polyot

ABRIXAS & MegSat 0

successKosmos-3M | ABRIXAS & MegSat 0

The 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.

Overview

Date / time
April 28, 1999 at 08:30 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
107
Mission
ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
Launch provider
Production Corporation Polyot →

Payloads deployed · 2

ABRIXAS
LEO
MEGSAT
LEO