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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - ALEXIS -

Full Name

Array of Low-Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

LANL

Launch Date

25 Apr 1993

Mission Links

EOL Date

29 Apr 2005

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Highly elliptical

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

70 deg

Orbit Altitude

844 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

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.

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