Payload
EXPLORER 48 (SAS 2)
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EXPLORER 48 (SAS 2) is a United States payload satellite, launched on November 15, 1972 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 15, 1972 at 10:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- San Marco Platform, Kenya
- Launched by
- Scout D-1 →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- SAS 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 313 km
- Periapsis
- 282 km
- Inclination
- 1.91°
- Orbital period
- 90.47 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 184.34 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-091A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6282
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 16, 1979
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 16, 1979
- Time in service
- 6.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed