Third Small Astronomy Satellite
- Third Small Astronomy Satellite
The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3 or SAS-C) was a space telescope operated by NASA. It functioned from May 1975 to April 1979. It covered the X-ray range and to this end had four X-ray experiments onboard.
It was also known as Explorer 53 and is part of NASA's Explorer program.
ee also
* Uhuru (satellite) (First Small Astronomy Satellite or SAS-1)
* Second Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3)
References
*cite web | url=http://heasarc.nasa.gov/docs/sas3/sas3.html | title=HEASARC: Observatories - The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3) | publisher=NASA| accessdate=2008-03-03
* [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/SAS.html SAS (Small Astronomy Satellite)] , The Internet Encyclopedia of Science
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