Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Production Corporation Polyot
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Russia
Date
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:30:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4312 ever
Mission
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.