AMSAT-OSCAR 40
Satellite Summary
Name: AMSAT-OSCAR 40 (Phase 3D)
NASA Catalog Number: 93400
Launched: November 16, 2000
Launch vehicle: Ariane-5
Launched piggyback with:
PAS-1R, STRV 1C, and STRV 1D
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight:
Orbit: High-altitude, elliptical, synchronous-transfer, Molniya
Inclination:
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Size:
Beacons:
AO-40 Telemetry
Official Frequency Bandplan:
Features:
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Molniya Orbit - Long Communications Time
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Linear analog transponder
Status: Operational
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The latest information is available from:
Description
References
Michael C. Moreau, Frank H. Bauer, J. Russell Carpenter, Edward P.Davis,
George W. Davis, and Larry A. Jackson, Preliminary Results of the GPS Flight
Experiment on the High Earth Orbit AMSAT-OSCAR 40 Spacecraft, 25th Annual
AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Feb. 6-10, 2002, Breckenridge, CO. http://www-ccar.colorado.edu/~moreau/pubs/ao40aasgnc_fin.pdf
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Last update May 31, 2003 - N7HPR