SUNSAT-OSCAR 35

Satellite Summary

Name: SUNSAT-OSCAR 35
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Callsign: Broadcast: ; BBS:  
Launched: February 23, 1999
Launch vehicle: Delta II
Launch location: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California
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Digital Transponders

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Status: Non-Operational

 


Description

The SunSat team released the following statement, dated February 1, 2001:

We regret to announce that the last communication with SunSat from our ground station at the Electronic Systems Laboratory at Stellenbosch University took place recently. We are certain, after having performed several tests since the last contact, that an irreversible, physical failure has occurred on the satellite. It is therefore unlikely that we will have any further contact with SunSat, apart from the occasional visual sighting by telescope!

When it was operational the SunSat package included 1200 and 9600 baud digital store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system in addition to Mode B/J operation with two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems. 

For more information on SunSat visit http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za


The SunSat package includes 1200 and 9600 baud digital store-and-forward capability and a voice 'parrot' repeater system that will be used primarily for educational demonstrations in addition to Mode B/J operation. The satellite has two VHF and two UHF transmit-receive systems.

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Last update January 31, 2002 - N7HPR