Radio 8 (satellite)
| Radio 8 Radio Sputnik 8 RS-8 |
|
|---|---|
| Type: | Training satellite , amateur radio satellite |
| Country: |
 Soviet Union
|
| Operator: | DOSAAF |
| COSPAR-ID : | 1981-120E |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 77 kg |
| Begin: | December 17, 1981 UTC |
| Starting place: | Plesetsk 32/2 |
| Launcher: | Cosmos-3M |
| Status: | inactive |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 119.1 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 83.0 ° |
| Apogee height : | 1668.6 km |
| Perigee height : | 1628.2 km |
Radio 8 , Radio Sputnik 8 or RS-8 is a Soviet amateur radio satellite that was developed and built by the central radio club of the DOSAAF . RS-8 wearing a linear transponder for the Mode A .
mission
The satellite was on 17 December 1981 together with RS-3 to RS-7 Russian with a Kosmos-3M - carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome launched in Russia. RS3A in Moscow was named as the command station.
On August 26, 1985, a distance record of 6787 km between the stations N9CUE in Indianapolis ( QTH locator EM69xq) and DD0BI in Aurich (JO33rl) was registered via RS-8 .
Frequencies
- 145.960… 146.000 MHz uplink
- 29.460 ... 29.500 MHz downlink
- 29.461 MHz beacon 1
- 29.502 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 (magazine) , 1981, issue 12, page 619 and 1982, issue 2, page 100
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciprian Sufitchi: Radio March 8, 31, 2019, accessed on March 31, 2019 (English).
- ^ Paul Stoetzer: Satellite Distance Records. 2019, accessed on March 31, 2019 .