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SAS 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 15 Nov 1972, 10:13 pm UTC
Rocket: Scout D-1 (Scout)
Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission
Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: San Marco platform, Broglio Space Center, Kenya
Mission Description
Small spacecraft designed to perform astronomical studies in the X-ray, gamma-ray, UV, visible and infrared regions.