Success
ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Communications
Production Corporation Polyot(NP)Commercial
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
LEOorbit
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.
Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 8:30 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,312
NP Mission
#32
Pad Launch
#2
Location Launch
#100
Designator
1999-022
Launch Window
NET
Apr 28, 1999, 8:30 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Kapustin Yar is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material, and scientific support gained from the defeat of Germany in World War II. Numerous launches of test rockets for the Russian military were carried out at the site, as well as satellite and sounding rocket launches.
Timezone
Europe/Volgograd
Local Launch Time
Apr 29, 1999, 12:30 AM
Total Launches
101
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
48.5900, 45.7200