Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite photograph

Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

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Launch dateDecember 5, 1998
Inclination69. 8979°
Rocket Pegasus
Diameter55 × 71 cm (22 × 28 in)
ManufacturersNASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Date of Upd.
ID1247193
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About Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite


The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite is a NASA submillimeter astronomy satellite, and is the third spacecraft in the Small Explorer program. It was launched on December 6, 1998, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL rocket.

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