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AMSAT-OSCAR 10

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Satellite Summary

Name: AMSAT-OSCAR 10 aka Phase-IIIB
Nasa Catalog Number: 14129
Launched: June 16, 1983
Launch vehicle: ARIANE 1-06
Launched piggyback with: European Test Satellite ECS-1
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 90 kg plus fuel
Orbit: High-altitude, elliptical, synchronous-transfer, Molniya, 3997 x 35449 km
Inclination: 27 degrees
Period: 11 Hours, 39 Minutes
Size: 600 x 40 x 200 mm
Modes: B

Beacons:

145.810 MHz (General) (Unmodulated carrier)
145.987 MHz (Engineering) (Switched off)

Linear Transponders: Inverting (CW, SSB)

Mode B Uplink: 435.030 - 435.180 MHz LSB
Mode B Downlink: 145.825 - 145.975 MHz USB

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
See also W4SM's AO-10 Update for the latest updates.
Martin Davidoff, Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.
Keith Berglund, A Beginner's Guide to OSCAR-13, AMSAT

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AMSAT-OSCAR 16

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Satellite Summary

Name: AMSAT-OSCAR 16 aka PACSAT
NASA Catalog Number: 20439
Callsigns: Broadcast: PACSAT-11; BBS: PACSAT-12
Launched: January 22, 1990
Launch vehicle: Ariane 4
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 13.34 kg.
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous near-Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 98 degrees
Size: 150 x 150 x 150 mm
Period: 100.6 minutes

Features:

1200 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
Dedicated Store-and-Forward File Server
Whole Orbit Data (WDO) Collection
Digital Repeater (Digipeater)
Very Similar in construction and operation to LO-19, IO-26, and MO-30.

Digital Transponder - Mode JD

1200 bps Manchester FSK Uplinks:

145.900 MHz
145.920 MHz
145.940 MHz
145.960 MHz

1200 bps BPSK Downlinks:

437.051 MHz
437.026 MHz
2401.143 MHz

Other Information Sources:

Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.
Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.

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AMRAD-OSCAR 27

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SatelliteSummary

Name: AMRAD-OSCAR 27 aka EYESAT-1
NASA Catalog Number: 22825
Launched: September 26, 1993
Launch vehicle: Ariane 4
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 11.8 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 98.5 degrees
Size: 150 x 150 x 150 mm
Period: 101 Minutes

Uplink:

145.850 MHz

Downlink:

436.800 MHz

Features:

Amateur payload combined with an experimental payload.
EYESAT-1 is an experimental Microsat satellite built by Interferometrics Inc, of Chantilly, Virginia.
The amateur equipment onboard the satellite was built by AMRAD.
For further information about AMRAD contact:

AMRAD

P.O. Drawer 6148

McLean, Virginia, USA, 22106-6148

http://www.amrad.org

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Fuji-OSCAR-20

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Satellite Summary

Name: Fuji-OSCAR-20 aka JAS-1b and Fuji-2
Callsign: 8J1JBS
NASA Catalog Number: 20480
Launched: February 7, 1990
Launch vehicle: Japanese H-I
Launch location: Tanegashima Space Center of NASDA, Tanegashima Island, Japan
Weight: 50 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
b>Inclination: 99 degrees
Size: 44 cm wide x 47 cm high
Period: 112 minutes

Features:

BBS Message System (digital store-and-forward)
Analog communications transponder

Beacon

435.795 MHz - CW (primary) or PSK digital (secondary)
435.910 MHz - PSK digital

Digital Transponder - Mode JD

Uplinks: AFSK (FM) 1200 bps, AX.25, Manchester

145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz

Downlink: BPSK 1200 bps

435.910 MHz

Analog Transponder - Mode JA -- Note: FO-20 is permanently in the analog mode.

Uplink: 145.900 - 146.000 MHz
Downlink: 435.795 - 435.900 MHz

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
For an update on the status of FO-20, see the JARL Present Status of Fuji-OSCAR 20 web page.
For more information about FO-20 and 29 visit the Japan Amateur Radio League (English version) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (English version) web pages.
Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.
Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT

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Fuji-OSCAR-29

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Name: Fuji-OSCAR-29 aka Fuji-2 and JAS-2
Callsign: 8J1JCS
NASA Catalog Number: 24278
Launched: August 17, 1996
Launch vehicle: Japanese H-II No. 4
Launch location: Tanegashima Space Center of NASDA, Tanegashima Island, Japan
Weight: 50 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination:
Size: 44 cm wide x 47 cm high
Period:

Features:

BBS Message System (digital store-and-forward)
Analog Communications Transponder
Attitude Control
Digi-Talker
Testing of newly developed solar cells in space

Beacon (100 milliWatt) Telemetry Format

435.795 MHz - CW (12 wpm)
435.910 MHz - PSK digital - Digi-Talker

Digital Transponder - Mode JD (1 Watt)

Uplinks: AFSK (FM) 1200 bps, AX.25, Manchester Encoded

145.850 MHz
145.870 MHz (the only 9600 bps uplink frequency)
145.890 MHz
145.910 MHz

Downlink: BPSK 1200 bps or FSK 9600 bps

435.910 MHz (also Digi-Talker frequency)

Analog Transponder - Mode JA (1 Watt)

Uplink: 145.900 - 146.000 MHz
Downlink: 435.800 - 435.900 MHz (inverted)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
For more information about Fuji-OSCAR 29 visit the Japan Amateur Radio League (English version) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (English version) web pages.
AMSAT Feature Article - JAS-2 Launch Successful.

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LUSAT-OSCAR 19

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Satellite Summary

Name: LUSAT-OSCAR 19 aka LUSAT
NASA Catalog Number: 20442
Callsign: Broadcast: LUSAT-11; BBS: LUSAT-12
Launched: January 22, 1990
Launch vehicle: Ariane 4
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 13.76 kg.
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous near-Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 98 degrees
Size: 150 x 150 x 150 mm
Period: 100.8 Minutes
Features:

1200 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
Coordinated by AMSAT-LU (Argentina)
Packet Radio Store and Forward
Very Similar in construction and operation to AO-16, IO-26, and MO-30.

Digital Transponder - Mode JD:

1200 bps Manchester FSK Uplinks:

145.840 MHz
145.860 MHz
145.880 MHz
145.900 MHz

1200 bps BPSK Downlinks:

437.153 MHz
437.125 MHz

CW Beacon:

437.127 MHz

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, has telemetry information on LO-19.
Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.
Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.

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KITSAT-OSCAR 23

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Satellite Summary

Name: KITSAT-OSCAR 23 aka KITSAT-A
NASA Catalog Number: 22077
Callsigns: Broadcast: HL01-11 BBS: HL01-12
Launched: August 10, 1992
Launch vehicle: Ariane
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 48.6 kg
Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 66 degrees
Size: 350 x 350 x 650 mm
Period: 112 Minutes

Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)

Uplinks:

145.850 MHz (Primary)
145.900 MHz (Secondary)

Downlink: 9600 bps FSK, AX.25, FM Voice, DSPE Output

435.175 MHz

Features:

9600 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
Enhanced version of UO-22.
High Resolution Earth Imaging System (EIS) Camera
Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)
Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
For further information also see UoSAT & SSTL Satellite Mission Summary and KITSAT-1 Microsatellite Mission.
For more information contact:
Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.

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KITSAT-OSCAR 25

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Satellite Summary

Name: KITSAT-OSCAR 25 (KITSAT-2)
Catalog Number: 22828
Callsign: Broadcast: HL02-11 BBS: HL02-12
Launched: September 26, 1993
Launch vehicle: Ariane
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 48.7 kg
Orbit: Circular LEO (Low Earth Orbit), sun synchronous, 822 x 800 km
Inclination: 98.6 degrees
Size: 350 x 350 x 650 mm
Period: 101 Minutes

Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)

Uplinks:

145.980 MHz (Presently in use)
145.870 MHz

Downlinks:

436.500 MHz (Presently in use)
435.175 MHz

Features:

Similar to KITSAT-OSCAR-23 in construction.
9600 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
CCD Earth Imaging System (EIS)
Infrared Sensor Experiment (IREX)
KASCOM (KAIST Satellite Computer)
Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)
Low Energy Electron Detector (LEED)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.

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PoSAT-OSCAR 28

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Satellite Summary

Name: PoSAT-OSCAR 28 (PoSAT-1)
Catalog Number: 22829
Callsign: Broadcast: POSAT1-11 BBS: POSAT1-12
Launched: September 25, 1993
Launch vehicle: Ariane
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 48.7 kg
Orbit: Circular LEO (Low Earth Orbit), sun synchronous, 822 x 800 km
Inclination: 98.6 degrees
Size: 350 x 350 x 650 mm
Period: 101 Minutes

Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)

Uplinks:

145.925 MHz
145.975 MHz

Downlinks:

435.075 MHz (Presently in use)
435.275 MHz

Features:

Similar to KITSAT-OSCAR-23 in construction.
9600 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
CCD Earth Imaging System (EIS)
Star Sensor
GPS Navigation Experiment
Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE)
Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)

Surrey Satellite Technology, Ltd. PoSAT-1 and PoSAT-1 Mission.

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Radio Sputnik RS-1 and RS-2

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Satellite Summary

The first Russian satellites were launched on October 26, 1978 from Plesetsk C1 with Cosmos 1045. Weight 40 kg each. Orbit 689 x 1709 km. Inclination 82.55 degrees. 390 x 420 mm diameter. Inverted Vee VHF antenna and a quarter wave whip HF antenna.

RS-1 and RS-2 both contained sensitive Mode A (145 MHz uplink and 29 MHz downlink) linear transponders telemetry beacon and Codestore unit similar to AMSAT-OSCAR 6. Transponders aboard RS-1 and RS-2 could be kept operating for only a few months before battery problems disabled both spacecraft.

[Need to research - Now over 15 years old, RS-1 is still giving signals. Its battery open circuited soon after launch, but the spacecraft's 29.401 MHz beacon can still be heard sending "55" when the solar cells are in full sunlight. Sadly, the power is insufficient to provide that needed to operate the Mode-A transponder.] Table of Contents

Radio Sputnik RS12/RS13

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RS-12/13

Name: Radio Sputnik (RS) 12/13
NASA Catalog Number: 21089
Launched: February 5, 1991
Primary Spacecraft: COSMOS 2123 - Russian Navigation Satellite
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit) - 1000 km altitude
Period: 105 Minutes
Modes: K, T, A, KT, KA
Beacons: 29.408, 29.454, 145.912, and 145.959 MHz

Features:

Linear Communications Transponders
Robot autotransponder

Linear Transponder:

Mode KT Uplink: 21.210 - 21.250
Mode K Downlink: 29.410 - 29.450
Mode T Downlink: 145.910 - 145.950
Robot Uplink: 21.129 and 145.830 MHz
Robot Downlink: 29.408 or 29.454 MHz and 145.912 or 145.959 (Beacon frequencies)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from the AMSAT News Service (ANS).
Gould Smith, Beginners Guide to the RS Satellites, AMSAT.
Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.

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Radio Sputnik 15

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RS-15

Name: Radio Sputnik (RS) 15
NASA Catalog Number: 23440
Launched: December 16, 1994
Launch vehicle: Modified SS-19 missile
Launch location: Baykonur Cosmodrome
Weight: 70 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit) - 2000 km altitude
Inclination: 64.6 degrees
Period: 128 Minutes
Modes: A
Beacons: 29.3525 and 29.3987 MHz

Features:

Linear Communications Transponder

Linear Transponder:

Mode A Uplink: 145.858 - 145.898 MHz
Mode A Downlink: 29.354 - 29.394 MHz
Beacon 1: 29.3525 MHz
Beacon 2: 29.3987 MHz

RS-15 transponder bandplan and data:

Uplink:    145.858 - 145.898 MHz (from Earth to Sat.) - aprox. 
	100 Watts IERP Downlink:   29.354 -  29.394 MHz (from Sat. to Earth) 
	- up to 5 Watts
	Beacon 1:   29.352.5 MHz  - 0.4/1.2 Watts
	Beacon 2:   29.398.7 MHz  - 0.4/1.2 Watts

RS-15 Orbital data:

Orbit number:           
	;      3
	Apogee:             
	;          2165 km.
	Perigee:             
	;         1885 km.
	Period:             
	;        127.45 min.
	Inclination:            
	;     64.59 deg.
	Time of ascent node:       8:56:17 utc
	Longitude of ascent node:   54.243 deg. West.

More information about RS-15 will be given after complete testing all systems. Please send your reports and comments to controls station (RS3A):

P.O. Box 59, Moscow 105122, Internet E-mail: rsgroup@olymp.msk.su
Russia; Packet: RS3A @ RS3A.MSK.RUS.EU
Fax: 7+095-916-2949;

73 de RS-group. Your Reports are Welcome! Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from: AMSAT News Service (ANS)
Gould Smith, Beginners Guide to the RS Satellites, AMSAT.
Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.

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UoSAT-OSCAR-11

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Satellite Summary

Name: UoSAT-OSCAR 11 (UoSAT-2)
NASA Catalog Number: 14781
Launched: March 1, 1984
Launch vehicle: Thor Delta 3920
Launched piggyback with: LANDSAT-5
Launch location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California
Weight: 60 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit), circular, sun-synchronous 679 x 697 km.
Inclination: 98.25 degrees
Period: 99 Minutes
Size: 585 x 355 x 355 mm
Telemetry: 1200 bps FM AFSK

Downlink:

145.825 MHz (most common)
435.025 MHz
2401.5 MHz

Features:

"Digitalker" Speech Synthesizer
Earth Imaging Camera (CCD)
Space Dust Impact Detectors
Geiger Counters
Digital Communications Experiment (DCE)

Other Information Sources:

The latest information is available from:

UO-11 Satellite pages by Clive Wallis, G3CWV
AMSAT News Service (ANS)

For more information also see UoSAT & SSTL Satellite Mission Summary and UoSAT-2 Microsatellite Mission.
Martin Davidoff, The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio.

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UoSAT-OSCAR 22

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Satellite Summary

Name: UoSAT-OSCAR 22 aka UoSAT-5
NASA Catalog Number: 21575
Callsign: Broadcast: UOSAT5-11; BBS: UOSAT5-12
Launched: July 17, 1991
Launch vehicle: Ariane
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 48.4 kg
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 98 degrees
Size: 350 x 350 x 650 mm
Period: 100.24 Minutes

Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)