OSCAR 18

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OSCAR 18 (also WEBERSAT , Microsat 3 or earlier NUsat-2 ) is an American amateur radio satellite .

The satellite was jointly developed and built by the Center for Aerospace Technology (CAST), Weber State University in Ogden (Utah) and AMSAT and was used as a secondary payload on January 22, 1990, together with the Earth observation satellite SPOT 2 with an Ariane 4 from the Center Spatial Guyanais started in Kourou .

The satellite had a AX25 - Digipeater with uplink in the 2-meter band and downlink in the 70-centimeter band , and a CCD camera for color images and a piezoelectric detector for micrometeorites . It was in operation until 1998.

The COSPAR designation of OSCAR 18 is 1990-005F.

literature

  • Herbert J. Kramer: Observation of the Earth and its environment: Survey of missions and sensors. Springer, Berlin 2002, pages 1191 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jos Heyman: Spacecraft Tables, 1957-1990. Univelt, 1991.
  2. ↑ a b OSCAR 18 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on May 28, 2014 (English).