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Weber-OSCAR 18

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Weber-OSCAR 18
Mission typeAmateur radio satellite
OperatorWeber State University / AMSAT[1]
COSPAR ID1990-005F Edit this at Wikidata
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]

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

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.

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References

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  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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