Radio 3 (satellite)
| Radio 3 Radio Sputnik 3 RS-3 |
|
|---|---|
| Type: | Training satellite , amateur radio satellite |
| Country: |
 Soviet Union
|
| Operator: | DOSAAF |
| COSPAR-ID : | 1981-120A |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 77 kg |
| Begin: | December 17, 1981 UTC |
| Starting place: | Plesetsk 32/2 |
| Launcher: | Cosmos-3M |
| Status: | inactive |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 118.4 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 83.0 ° |
| Apogee height : | 1664.8 km |
| Perigee height : | 1571.0 km |
Radio 3 , Radio Sputnik 3 or RS-3 is a Soviet amateur radio satellite that was developed and built by the central radio club of the DOSAAF . Radio 3 (and also Radio 4 ) did not contain a transponder and was called an experimental satellite.
mission
The satellite was launched on December 17, 1981 together with RS-4 to RS-8 with a Russian Kosmos-3M launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. RS3A in Moscow was named as the command station.
Frequencies
- 29.321 MHz beacon 1
- 29.401 MHz beacon 2
literature
- Vern Riportella, WA2LQQ: Radio Sputnik's Alive in Orbit !!! in AMSAT Satellite Report 1981 # 23/24, December, 31
- Martin Davidoff: The Radio Amateurs Satellite Handbook , The American Radio Relay League, 1998
- Hans-Uwe Fortier: VHF QTC. In Funkamateur , 1981, issue 12, page 619 and 1982, issue 2, page 100
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciprian Sufitchi: Radio March 31, 2019, accessed March 31, 2019 (English).