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OAS platform Detail for SAC-D, meta_version: 0. Current meta_version is: 1
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Title:
Name: SAC-D
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Callsign:
Countries: ARGENTINA
Comments: Original name of satellite in Spanish is Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-D. In English is Satellite for Scientific Applications-D.

This satellite supports the Aquarius space mission, jointly managed by CONAE and NASA. A primary instrument on the SAC-D satellite is the Aquarius instrument.

Owner/platform operations: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE; in English, National Space Activities Commission) is the civilian agency of the government of Argentina in charge of the national space program.

Platform class: orbiting satellite

Commissioned date: 2011-06-10
Current length: 4.85m

Info Source:
- https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/sac-d
- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/aquariusLaunch.pdf
- http://www.ciccba.com.ar/archivos/PaperSateliteSAC-DAquarius2008.pdf
- http://www.ciccba.com.ar/archivos/PaperSateliteSAC-DAquarius2008.pdf
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Metadata version: 0
Keydate: 2014-10-02 16:36:28+00
Editdate: 2014-10-02 16:36:28+00