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Uhuru (satellite) Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-A (for Small Astronomy Satellite A, the first of the three-spacecraft SAS series), SAS 1, or Explorer ...
, or Small Astronomy Satellite A (SAS-A) or SAS 1, launched 1970 *
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 The Small Astronomy Satellite 2, also known also as SAS-2, SAS B or Explorer 48, was a NASA gamma ray telescope. It was launched on 15 November 1972 into the low Earth orbit with a periapsis of 443 km and an apoapsis of 632 km. It compl ...
, or SAS B or SAS 2, launched 1972 *
Small Astronomy Satellite 3 The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) (Explorer 53) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from 7 May 1975 to 9 April 1979. It covered the X-ray range with four experiments on board. The ...
, or SAS C or SAS 3, launched 1975 {{disambiguation