$ 50SAT

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$ 50SAT
Type: Amateur radio satellite
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
COSPAR-ID : 2013-066W
Mission dates
Dimensions: 0.21 kg
Size: 5 cm x 5 cm x 7.5 cm
Begin: November 21, 2013, 07:10 UTC
Starting place: Jasny Cosmodrome
Launcher: Dnepr
Status: Out of service
Orbit data
Rotation time : 92.0 min
Orbit inclination : 97.7 °
Apogee height :  381.5 km
Perigee height :  376.0 km

$ 50SAT (also Eagle-2 , Morehead- OSCAR 76 , short: MO-76 ) is an American amateur radio satellite .

It was launched on November 21, 2013 with a Dnepr rocket from the Jasny Cosmodrome . $ 50SAT was developed by Bob Twiggs at Morehead State University along with three other radio amateurs and was used to educate students. The satellite transmits telemetry data in the 70 centimeter band in various operating modes . It is based on the PocketQube design for very small and inexpensive satellites and measures 5 cm × 5 cm × 7.5 cm (1.5 U). After several months of problems due to low battery voltage, on July 19, 2015, $ 50SAT finally fell below the 3,300 mV required for data transmission and thus ceased operations.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Graham: Russian Dnepr conducts record breaking 32 satellite haul. In: NASASpaceFlight. November 21, 2013, accessed March 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Orbit data according to N2YO. Retrieved March 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ $ 50SAT / MO-76: 15 months, 15 orbits per day, and some unexpected behavior. In: amsat-uk.org. AMSAT -UK, March 5, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ $ 50SAT 19 months in Space and still working. In: amsat-uk.org. AMSAT-UK, June 30, 2015, accessed March 21, 2018 .