Fasat Bravo

Chile

Spacecraft n°:

Chile spacecraft n°: 2

Launch data:

Designation:25395 / 98043B
Launch date10 Jul 1998
Launch site Baikonur, LC-45L
Launch vehicle  Zenit-2 (#29)
MissionScientific:
Perigee/Apogee 269 / 283 km
Inclination 114
Period 90 minutes

FASat-Bravo is designed to monitor the destruction of the ozone layer above Chile. The sophisticated satellite will also take images of the Earth's surface and will carry an educational communications experiment for universities and schools in Chile.

Specifications

Prime contractorSSTL
PlatformMicrosat-70
OperatorChilean Air Force (FACH: Fuerza Aerea de Chile)
Mass at launch 50 kg
Mass in orbit  
Dimension  
Solar array Solar cells
Stabilization  
DC power  
Design lifetime  

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