OSCAR 8
OSCAR 8 | |
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Type: | Amateur radio satellite |
Country: | 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
- ↑ Gunter Krebs: AMSAT P2D (Phase 2D, AO 8, OSCAR 8). Gunter's Space Page, accessed June 7, 2014 .
- ↑ OSCAR 8 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on June 7, 2014 (English).