Saocom 1A

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General

Designation	43641 / 18076A
Launch date	8 Oct 2018
Country of origin	Argentina
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	625 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	97.9°
Period	97.2 min
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9 #69
Launch site	Vandenberg

Carries an L-band SAR, provides a resolution between 7 and 100 m.
Downlinks data in X-band

Will operate jointly with Program: Cosmo-Skymed

sat-index articles

n2yo.com tracking

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	INVAP
Platform	same platform as SAC C
Mass at launch	3000 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	5 years

Has a 10 x 2.5m L-band SAR antenna

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