ARGOS (P91-1 ARGOS), Ørsted and SUNSAT

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:29:00

Tuesday February 23, 1999

Mission Details

ARGOS (P91-1 ARGOS)

Wiki

The Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS), not to be confused with the Argos System which employs mostly NOAA satellites, was launched on 23 Feb 1999 carrying nine payloads for research and development missions by nine separate researchers. The mission terminated on 31 July 2003.

Polar Orbit

9 Payloads

2,450 kilograms

Ørsted

Wiki

Ørsted is Denmark's first satellite, named after Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), a Danish physicist and professor at the University of Copenhagen. It is in an almost-sun synchronous low Earth orbit.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

61 kilograms

SUNSAT

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The Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite (SUNSAT) is the first miniaturized satellite designed and manufactured in South Africa. It was launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 23 February 1999. Sunsat was built by post-graduate engineering students at the University of Stellenbosch. Its AMSAT designation was SO-35 (Sunsat Oscar 35).

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

64 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Delta II 7920-10

Active 1995 to 1999

The Boeing Company logo

Agency

Boeing

Rocket

Height: 38.9m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,800 kg

Liftoff Thrust

3,511 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.9m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

9

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Delta II


80th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 1999

1999


8th

Orbital launch attempt