25395 - FASAT-B

FASAT-B was a microsatellite for the Chilean Air Force, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Zenit rocket. It was launched to replace the ill-fated FASAT-A and was similar in appearance to earlier ones in the series and carried Earth Imaging for Ozone monitoring, digital communications and GPS orbit determination experiments.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1998-07-10
Launch Vehicle: Zenit 2
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 55.0 kg