LAUNCH MISSION
General Dynamics Atlas I BeppoSAX
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36B
Description
SAX (Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X) is the X-Ray Astronomy Satellite selected by the Italian National Space Plan for inclusion in the Science Plan. The objective of the mission is to perform spectroscopic and time variability studies of celestial X-ray sources in the energy band from 1 to 200 keV. including an all-sky monitoring investigation of transients in the 2-30 keV.energy range.
Atlas I
Rocket Description
The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.