Small Astronomy Satellite 3

SAS 3 spacecraft as it might have appeared deployed on orbit. The nominal spin axis, or +z axis, points to the upper right, with the RMC and one star tracker for attitude determination. The remaining instruments and a second star tracker point out of the image towards the viewer. The four solar panels charged batteries during orbit day.

Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, juga dikenal sebagai SAS-C sebelum peluncuran) adalah teleskop ruang angkasa astronomi X-ray NASA. Ini berfungsi Dari 7 Mei 1975 hingga April 1979 ini meliputi rentang X-ray dengan empat percobaan di atas kapal. Satelit, dibangun oleh Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), telah diusulkan dan dioperasikan oleh MIT Center for Space Research (CSR). Ini diluncurkan pada kendaraan Scout dari Italia / Kenya San Marco Platform peluncuran dekat Mombasa, Kenya, menjadi rendah Bumi, orbit hampir khatulistiwa. Hal itu juga dikenal sebagai Explorer 53, sebagai bagian dari program Explorer NASA.

Referensi

  • "HEASARC: Observatories - The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3)". NASA. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2009-04-10. Diakses tanggal 2008-03-03.
  • SAS (Small Astronomy Satellite), The Internet Encyclopedia of Science

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