Eyesat-1

Eyesat-1 is an American experimental communications microsatellite with an store-dump payload. The mission of Eyesat 1 was experimental monitoring of mobile industrial equipment. Eyesat 1 has provided the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, with communication services to the South Pole. Eyesat-1 carried an FM Repeater for Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation (AMRAD) called AMRAD OSCAR 27 or OSCAR 27.[2]

Eyesat-1 / OSCAR 27
Mission typeAmateur radio satellite
OperatorAMRAD
COSPAR ID1993-061C
SATCAT no.22825[1]
Websitewww.ao27.org
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerInterferometrics Inc.
Launch mass11.8 kg (26 lb)
Dimensions15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm (5.9 in × 5.9 in × 5.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date26 September 1993, 01:45 UTC[2]
RocketAriane-40 V59
Launch siteKourou ELA-2
ContractorArianespace
End of mission
Last contact5 December 2012
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Eccentricity0.00202[2]
Perigee altitude794 km (493 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude823 km (511 mi)[2]
Inclination98.5°[2]
Period101 minutes[2]
Epoch26 September 1993[2]
 

Eyesat-1 was launched on September 26, 1993 with an Ariane 4 rocket at Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, along with SPOT-3, Stella, Healthsat 2, KitSat 2, Itamsat and PoSAT-1.

On February 15, 2006, a distance record of 5,119 kilometres (3,181 mi) between the stations WD9EWK in Scottsdale, Arizona, DM33xl and VO1ONE in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, GN37om was registered via AO-27.

After 19 years of operation, the satellite failed on December 5, 2012.

Frequencies

References
  1. n2yo.com. "EYESAT 1". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "EYESAT 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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