Radio 5 (satellite)
| Radio 5 Radio Sputnik 5 RS-5 |
|
|---|---|
| Type: | Training satellite , amateur radio satellite |
| Country: |
 Soviet Union
|
| Operator: | DOSAAF |
| COSPAR-ID : | 1981-120C |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 77 kg |
| Begin: | December 17, 1981 UTC |
| Starting place: | Plesetsk 32/2 |
| Launcher: | Cosmos-3M |
| Status: | inactive |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 119.5 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 83.0 ° |
| Apogee height : | 1675.7 km |
| Perigee height : | 1,653.4 km |
Radio 5 , Radio Sputnik 5 or RS-5 is a Soviet amateur radio satellite that was developed and built by the central radio club of the DOSAAF . RS-5 carries a linear transponder for the Mode A .
mission
The satellite was on 17 December 1981 together with RS-3 , RS-4 and RS 6 to RS-8 with a Russian Cosmos-3M - carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome launched in Russia. RS3A in Moscow was named as the command station. On January 8, 1985, a distance record of 3,484 km was registered via RS-5 between stations N9CUE in Indianapolis ( EM69xq ) and HP1AC in Panama (FJ09gb).
Frequencies
- 145.910… 145.950 MHz uplink
- 29.410 ... 29.450 MHz downlink
- 29.331 MHz beacon 1
- 29.452 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: UKW-QTC, in Funkamateur 1981, issue 12, page 619 and 1982, issue 2, page 100
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciprian Sufitchi: Radio January 5, 11, 2019, accessed on March 30, 2019 (English).
- ^ Paul Stoetzer: Satellite Distance Records. 2019, accessed on March 31, 2019 .