Weber-OSCAR 18

Weber-OSCAR 18 (also called WeberSAT, Microsat 3 and WO-18) is an American amateur radio satellite.[4]

Weber-OSCAR 18
Mission typeAmateur radio satellite
OperatorWeber State University / AMSAT[1]
COSPAR ID1990-005F
SATCAT no.20441
Spacecraft properties
BusMicrosat
Launch mass12 kilograms (26 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date22 January 1990, 01:44:35 UTC
RocketAriane-40 H10[2]
Launch siteKourou ELA-2
End of mission
Last contact1998
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Eccentricity0.00119
Perigee altitude777 km (483 mi)
Apogee altitude794 km (493 mi)
Inclination98.2°
Period100.57 minutes
Epoch22 January 1990[3]
 

The satellite was jointly developed, built by the Weber State College Center for Aerospace Technology and AMSAT, and on January 22, 1990, as a secondary payload, along with the SPOT 2 earth observation satellite with an Ariane 4 from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.

The satellite had an AX.25 digipeater with uplink in the 2-meter band and downlink in the 70-centimeter band, as well as a CCD camera for color images and a piezoelectric detector for micrometeorites.

It was in operation until 1998.

References

  1. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. "Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio". Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. Gunter Dirk Krebs. "Webersat (WO 18, Webersat-OSCAR 18)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "OSCAR 18". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. Jos Heyman: Spacecraft Tables, 1957-1990. Univelt, 1991
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