OSCAR 6
OSCAR 6 | |
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Type: | Amateur radio satellite |
Country: | United States |
Operator: | AMSAT |
COSPAR-ID : | 1972-082B |
Mission dates | |
Dimensions: | 18.2 kg |
Size: | 16 cm × 30 cm × 44 cm |
Begin: | October 15, 1972, 17:19 UTC |
Starting place: | Vandenberg AFB SLC-2W |
Launcher: | Delta 300 575 / D-91 |
Flight duration: | 4.5 years |
Status: | out of order since June 21, 1977 |
Orbit data | |
Rotation time : | 114.95 min |
Orbit inclination : | 101.7 ° |
Apogee height : | 1452 km |
Perigee height : | 1443 km |
OSCAR 6 was an American amateur radio satellite .
It was launched on October 15, 1972 with a Delta 300 rocket from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 . It was the first satellite developed by AMSAT . Its COSPAR designation was 1972-082B.
The first satellite connection via two satellites was carried out in 1975 via OSCAR 6 and OSCAR 4 . On June 21, 1977 the satellite went out of service.
Web links
- OSCAR 6 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orbit data shortly after the start, according to OSCAR 6 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on June 6, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Paul Muri, Janise McNair: A survey of communication sub-systems for inter-satellite systems and linked CubeSat missions. In: Journal of Communications, 2012 (7), April, 290-308.
- ↑ AMSAT Chronology in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed on June 6, 2014 (English). "AO-6 lasted 4.5 years until a battery failure ceased operation on June 21, 1977".