OSCAR 42

OSCAR 42
Type:	Amateur radio satellite
Country:	Saudi Arabia
COSPAR-ID :	2000-057E
Mission dates
Dimensions:	10 kg
Begin:	September 26, 2000, 10:05 UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur , 109/95
Launcher:	Dnepr
Orbit data
Rotation time :	97.2 min
Orbit inclination :	64.6 °
Apogee height :	650 km
Perigee height :	612 km

OSCAR 42 (also Saudi OSCAR 42 or before the start of Saudisat 1B ) is a Saudi Arabian amateur radio satellite .

The satellite was developed by the KACST Space Research Institute in Riyadh . Saudi OSCAR 42 was launched on September 26, 2000 together with four other small satellites with a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The satellite contains an amateur radio relay for an FM voice radio channel .

Its COSPAR designation is 2000-057E.

Web links

• OSCAR 42 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
• DK3WN: SaudiSat-1A (SO-41), SaudiSat-1B (SO-42), SaudiSat-1C (SO-50)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SAUDISAT 1B. N2YO, June 6, 2014, accessed June 6, 2014 .