OSCAR 8

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OSCAR 8
Type: Amateur radio satellite
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
Operator: AMSAT
COSPAR-ID : 1978-026B
Mission dates
Size: 38 × 38 × 33 cm
Begin: March 5th, 1978 UTC
Starting place: Vandenberg SLC-2
Launcher: Delta-2910
Status: inactive
Orbit data
Orbit inclination : 98.99 °

OSCAR 8 is an American amateur radio satellite .

It was developed and built by radio amateurs from AMSAT and launched on March 5, 1978 as a secondary payload together with the Earth observation satellite Landsat 3 from SLC 2 from Vandenberg AFB .

The satellite had two linear transponders , from the 2-meter band ( uplink ) to the 10-meter band and the 70-centimeter band ( downlink ).

Its COSPAR designation is 1978-026B.

literature

  • Detlev Bölte: Some things about AMSAT-OSCAR 8. In: Funkamateur , October 1978, page 498

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gunter Krebs: AMSAT P2D (Phase 2D, AO 8, OSCAR 8). Gunter's Space Page, accessed June 7, 2014 .
  2. ↑ OSCAR 8 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on June 7, 2014 (English).