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SATEC
Mission typeEarth orbiter
OperatorINPE
COSPAR IDF20030822A[1]
Mission duration6 months (planned)
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerINPE
Launch mass65.0 kilograms (143.3 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 25, 2003 (2003-08-25Z) (planned)
August 23, 2003, 16:30 UTC (Alcântara accident)
RocketVLS-1 V3
Launch siteAlcântara VLS Pad
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeHeliosynchronous
Eccentricity0
Perigee altitude750 kilometres (470 mi)
Apogee altitude750 kilometres (470 mi)
Inclination15°
Period100 minutes
EpochPlanned
 

The Satélite Tecnológico ("Technologic Satellite" in English) or SATEC, was a microsatellite of scientific applications, designed, developed, built and tested by Brazilian technicians, engineers and scientists working at INPE (National Institute for Space Research).

Features[edit]

The primary objective of SATEC was to test the technological equipment embedded in the VLS-1, providing more information for future applications.

The SATEC scientific satellite had the following characteristics:

Payload[edit]

The instrumentation shipped in SATEC was as follows:

Mission[edit]

SATEC, which had an estimated life of 6 months, was lost with UNOSAT in the explosion of the VLS-1 launch vehicle on 23 August 2003 in an explosion three days before the launch date.[2][3] This event came to be known as Accident of Alcantara.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wade, Mark. SATEC. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  • ^ "UNOSAT 1". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  • ^ "SATEC". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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