Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
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| Launch date | August 21, 1996 |
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| Rocket | Pegasus |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Contractor | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| Eccentricity | 0. 1898 |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
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| ID | 1838666 |
About Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer was a NASA plasma physics satellite, and was the second spacecraft in the Small Explorer program. It was launched on August 21, 1996, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL rocket. The spacecraft was designed and built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
