OSCAR 52
OSCAR 52 | |
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Type: | Amateur radio satellite |
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COSPAR-ID : | 2005-017B |
Mission dates | |
Dimensions: | 42.5 kg |
Begin: | May 5, 2005, 04:44 UTC |
Starting place: | Satish Dhawan Space Center |
Launcher: | PSLV C-6 |
Status: | out of service since February 28, 2012 |
Orbit data | |
Rotation time : | 96.9 min |
Orbit inclination : | 97.6 ° |
Apogee height : | 637 km |
Perigee height : | 602 km |
OSCAR 52 (also VUSat-OSCAR 52 ) is an Indian amateur radio satellite .
The satellite has a 50 kHz wide linear transponder which was built by a Dutch radio amateur. OSCAR 52 was launched into LEO orbit on May 5, 2005 with a PSLV rocket in the Satish Dhawan Space Center .
Its COSPAR designation is 2005-017B. OSCAR 52 was active from 2005 to July 2014, on July 21, 2014 it was finally given up.
literature
- Keith Baker: Spotlight on VUSAT OSCAR 52 (VO-52). The AMSAT Journal, November / December 2011, pages 6-7 ( online ).
Web links
- DK3WN: Description VUSAT-OSCAR 52 (VO-52, HAMSAT) (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orbit data according to XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1). N2YO, June 6, 2014, accessed June 6, 2014 .
- ↑ QRT: OSCAR-52 (VO-52) “left to your own devices”. DARC, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .