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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:20:00
Friday June 10, 2011
A technology demonstration and Earth observation satellite. The launch was delayed from May 2010 because development of the spacecraft was taking longer than expected. SAC-D (Spanish: Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas-D, meaning Satellite for Scientific Applications-D), also known as Aquarius after its primary instrument, is an Argentine Earth science satellite built by INVAP and operated by CONAE.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,350 kilograms
Agency
ULARocket
Height: 38.9m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 2,703 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,533 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 8.9m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
3
149th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2011
51st
Mission
6th
Mission of 2011
25th
Orbital launch attempt