Objectives and Applications
ALEXIS is a sophisticated US microsatellite technology demonstration mission of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, funded by DOE (Department of Energy) and built by Comtech AA (AeroAstro Inc.), Ashburn, VA. Sandia National Laboratory, UCB/SSL (UC Berkeley/Space Sciences Laboratory) are partners of LANL in the mission.
Full Name
Array of Low-Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
LANL
Launch Date
25 Apr 1993
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EOL Date
29 Apr 2005
Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
70 deg
Orbit Altitude
844 km
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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