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SAS-3

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

SAS-3

X-ray source localization mission.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1975
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
X-ray astronomy
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

SAS-3 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: X-ray source localization mission.

Results

X-ray source localization mission.

Related missions

SAS-3 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project — same_target Apollo–Soyuz … Aryabhata — same_target Aryabhata Cos-B — same_target Cos-B Skylab — same_target Skylab

Aryabhata

Partial success

India / Soviet Union · 1975

Skylab

Success

United States · 1973

Sources & image credits

  • NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog