KitSat 2

KitSat-2
Country:	South Korea
COSPAR-ID :	1993-061F
Mission dates
Dimensions:	49 kg
Size:	35 × 35 × 67 cm
Begin:	September 26, 1993
Starting place:	Center Spatial Guyanais
Launcher:	Ariane-40 H10
Status:	active
Orbit data
Rotation time :	100.8 min
Orbit inclination :	98.57 °
Apogee height :	790 km
Perigee height :	801 km

KitSat 2 (also OSCAR 25 or KitSat B ) is a South Korean technology testing and earth observation satellite. It was built at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and launched on September 26, 1993 as a secondary payload with an Ariane 40 H10 rocket from the Center Spatial Guyanais . After the successful launch, the satellite was also assigned the OSCAR number 25.

Structure and payload

The main payload is the earth observation system called CEIS (CCD Earth Imaging System). It consists of two CCD sensors , two lenses and a transputer for image processing. One of the recording systems has a resolution of approximately 4 km, the second 400 m.

Other payloads are the Digital Store and Forward Communication Experiment (DSFCE), the Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE) and the Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE). The satellite has a digipeater with two uplinks in the 2-meter band and two downlinks in the 70-centimeter band for amateur radio purposes.

Web links

• KitSat in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Gunter's Space Page: KitSat 1,2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KitSat 2 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
2. ↑ SaTReC: Kitsat-2. KAIST, archived from the original on November 12, 2013 ; accessed on November 12, 2013 .