| A | B |
|---|---|
| Artist’s conception of BeppoSax in space (credit: the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and BeppoSAX Science Data Center (SDC)) | … |
| Names | Satellite per Astronomia X |
| Mission type | X-ray astronomy |
| Operator | ASI / NIVR |
| COSPAR ID | 1996-027A |
| SATCAT no. | 23857 |
| Website | www.asdc.asi.it/bepposax/ |
| Mission duration | 7 years |
| Spacecraft properties | … |
| Manufacturer | Alenia CNR |
| Launch mass | 3,100 lb (1,400 kg) |
| Payload mass | 1,060 lb (480 kg) |
| Dimensions | 3.6 m × 2.7 m (11.8 ft × 8.9 ft) |
| Power | 800 W |
| Start of mission | … |
| Launch date | 04:31, April 30, 1996 (UTC) |
| Rocket | Atlas-Centaur AC-78 |
| Launch site | LC-36B, Cape Canaveral |
| End of mission | … |
| Disposal | decommissioned |
| Deactivated | 13:38, April 30, 2002 (UTC) |
| Decay date | 22:06, April 29, 2003 (UTC) |
| Orbital parameters | … |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.00136 |
| Perigee altitude | 575 km (357 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 594 km (369 mi) |
| Inclination | 4 degrees |
| Period | 96.4 minutes |
| Epoch | 30 April 1996, 03:31 UTC1 |
| Main telescope | … |
| Type | approximated Wolter type I Coded mask telescope (WFC) |
| Diameter | 6.8 to 16.2 cm (2.7 to 6.4 in) |
| Focal length | 1.85 m (6.1 ft) |
| Collecting area | 22 to 600 cm (3.4 to 93.0 sq in) |
| Wavelengths | X-ray to gamma ray, 12 nm–4 pm (0.1–300 keV) |
| Instruments | … |
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Footnotes
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“NASA, NSSDC Master Catalog: 1996-027A”. NASA. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2015. ↩