Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-A (SAC-A) was a small non-recoverable satellite
built by the Argentinean National Commission of Space Activities (CoNAE). The satellite
will test and characterize the performance of new equipment and technologies which may be
used in future operational or scientific missions.
The satellite payload included a Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) to provide real-time autonomous attitude measurements
for the satellite, a CCD camera to perform digital space photography, Argentinean built
silicon solar cells, a magnetometer to take scalar measurements of the Earth's magnetic
field, and an Argentinean experiment to track endangered whale population migrations in
the southern hemisphere.
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