 | Explorer 48 / SAS
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Other Designations: Small Astronomy Satellite. Class: Solar. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Italy. Agency: Italy, NASA. Typical orbit: 515 km x 534 km at 2 degrees inclination. Mass: 174 kg (383 lb).
SAS Chronology - 1970 December 12 - Explorer 42 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 143 kg (315 lb). Perigee: 521 km (323 mi). Apogee: 570 km (350 mi). Inclination: 3.00 deg. Period: 95.50 min.
Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
- 1972 November 15 - Explorer 48 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 185 kg (407 lb). Perigee: 526 km (326 mi). Apogee: 526 km (326 mi). Inclination: 1.00 deg. Period: 95.20 min.
Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
- 1975 May 7 - Explorer 53 - Program: Explorer. Launch Site: San Marco. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Scout. Mass: 195 kg (429 lb). Perigee: 498 km (309 mi). Apogee: 507 km (315 mi). Inclination: 3.00 deg. Period: 94.70 min.
Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
- NASA Report, The Small Astronomy Satellite /SAS/ program, Web Address when accessed: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19690011655_1969011655.pdf.
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