[Source: NASA National Space Science Data Center, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1998-069B ]
Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-A (SAC-A) was a small non-recoverable satellite built by the Argentinean National Commission of Space Activities (CoNAE). The satellite will test and characterize the performance of new equipment and technologies which may be used in future operational or scientific missions.
The satellite payload included a Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) to provide real-time autonomous attitude measurements for the satellite, a CCD camera to perform digital space photography, Argentinean built silicon solar cells, a magnetometer to take scalar measurements of the Earth's magnetic field, and an Argentinean experiment to track endangered whale population migrations in the southern hemisphere.
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: SAC-A
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: SAC
Short_Name: SAC-A
Long_Name: Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientifico - A
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: SAC-A
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: CCD IMAGER
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Inclination: 51.6 deg
Period: 92.3 min
Perigee: 378 km
Apogee: 395 km
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-13
Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1998-069B
Sample_Image: http://space.skyrocket.de/img_sat/sac-a__1.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1998-12-14
Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
Primary_Sponsor: Argentina./CoNAE
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