OSCAR 52

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OSCAR 52
Type: Amateur radio satellite
Country: IndiaIndia India
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orbit data according to XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1). N2YO, June 6, 2014, accessed June 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ QRT: OSCAR-52 (VO-52) “left to your own devices”. DARC, August 28, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .