Gurwin-Techsat

Gurwin-Techsat
Type:	Research and amateur radio satellite
Country:	Israel
Operator:	Technion
COSPAR-ID :	1998-043D
Mission dates
Dimensions:	70 kg
Begin:	July 10, 1998, 06:30 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 45/1
Launcher:	Zenith 2
Status:	Out of service
Orbit data
Rotation time :	101.2 min
Orbit inclination :	98.4 °
Apogee height :	821 km
Perigee height :	821 km

Gurwin-Techsat (also Techsat 1B or OSCAR 32 ) is a former Israeli research and amateur radio satellite .

The satellite was developed by students of the Asher Space Research Institute at the Technion and launched on July 10, 1998 with a Zenit rocket in Baikonur , together with the Thai satellite TMSAT- OSCAR 31.

It is named after the sponsors Joseph and Rosalind Gurwin. The satellite was in operation until April 2010.

literature

• Moshe Guelman, Fred Ortenberg, Alexander Shiryaev, Roni Waler: The Gurwin-Techsat microsatellite: Six years successful operation in space. In: B. Warmbein (Ed.): Proceedings of the 4S Symposium: Small Satellites, Systems and Services (ESA SP-571). La Rochelle 2004.
• Moshe Guelman, Fred Ortenberg, Alexander Shiryaev, Roni Waler: Gurwin-Techsat: Still alive and operational after nine years in orbit. In: Acta Astronautica, Volume 65, Issues 1–2, July – August 2009, pp. 157–164.
• Brian Harvey, Henk HF Smid, Théo Pirard: Emerging space powers: The new space programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America. Springer, Berlin 2011, p. 404 ff.

Web links

• TechSat-Gurwin Microsatellite ( August 3, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive ) on the Asher Space Research Institute website
• Techsat 1B in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Technisat 1B. In: n2yo.com. N2YO, October 17, 2013, accessed October 18, 2013 . 
2. ^ Steve Ford: New Thai and Israeli microsats in orbit. In: QST, October 1998, p. 100.
3. ↑ Joseph Gurwin, textile manufacturer and philanthropist, this at 89
4. ↑ O (R) bituary ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )