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.
The Atlas I was a US expendable launch system manufactured by General Dynamics in the 1990s to launch a variety of satellites.
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Mission Profile
BeppoSAX was a Atlas I mission operated by General Dynamics that lifted off from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 30, 1996. The flight carried its payload on a astrophysics mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.