Weber-OSCAR 18
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Mission type | Amateur radio satellite |
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Operator | Weber State University / AMSAT[1] |
COSPAR ID | 1990-005F |
SATCAT no. | 20441 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Microsat |
Launch mass | 12 kilograms (26 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 22 January 1990, 01:44:35 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane-40 H10[2] |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 1998 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.00119 |
Perigee altitude | 777 km (483 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 794 km (493 mi) |
Inclination | 98.2° |
Period | 100.57 minutes |
Epoch | 22 January 1990[3] |
Weber-OSCAR 18 (also called WeberSAT, Microsat 3 and WO-18) is an American amateur radio satellite.[4]
The satellite was jointly developed, built by the Weber State College Center for Aerospace Technology and AMSAT, and on January 22, 1990, as a secondary payload, along with the SPOT 2 Earth observation satellite with an Ariane 4 from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.
The satellite had an AX.25 digipeater with uplink in the 2-meter band and downlink in the 70-centimeter band, as well as a CCD camera for color images and a piezoelectric detector for micrometeorites.
It was in operation until 1998.
See also
References
- ^ Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. "Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio". Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Gunter Dirk Krebs. "Webersat (WO 18, Webersat-OSCAR 18)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "OSCAR 18". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Jos Heyman: Spacecraft Tables, 1957-1990. Univelt, 1991
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