WeberSat-OSCAR
18
Satellite
Summary
Name: WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18 aka WEBERSAT
NASA Catalog Number: 20441
Launched: January 22, 1990
Launch vehicle: Ariane 4
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 16.03 kg
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous near-Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 98 degrees
Size: 226 x 226 x 303 mm
Period: 100.8 Minutes
Features:
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1200 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT
Protocol Suite communications system.
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Full Color CCD Camera
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Requires WeberWare Software to view images
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Packet Radio Mailbox Facilites (not presently activated)
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Spectrometer Experiment
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Particle Impact Detector
Transponder:
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Digital Transponder Mode JD (In operation)
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Beacon 1: 437.102 MHz
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Beacon 2: 437.075 MHz
Status: Non-Operational
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WO-18 is in MBL mode after a software crash. Attempts are being made to find and correct the cause of the suspected seasonal crashes.
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The latest information is available from:
Description
Designed and Built by Weber State University's
Center
for AeroSpace Technology (CAST) in Ogden, Utah, USA.
For a description of WO-18, read John Magliacane's, KD2BD, Spotlight
On: The Microsats originally published in The
AMSAT Journal.
Telemetry decoding programs are available from the AMSAT anonymous ftp
server. Here is a listing of Microsat
Programs.
Harold Price, NK6K, has compiled a history
of the Microsat program, complete with photographs.
References
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D. Conners, "The PACSAT Project," ARRL Amateur Radio Second Computer
Networking Conference, pp. 1-3, March 19, 1983.
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T. Clark, "AMSAT's Microsat/Pacsat Program," Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA
Sixth Space Symposium, Atlanta, GA, pp. 41-47, Nov 1988, ARRL.
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L. Johnson and C. Green, "Microsat Project - Flight CPU Hardware," Proceedings
of the AMSAT-NA Sixth Space Symposium, Atlanta, GA, pp. 104-106, Nov
1988, ARRL.
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H. Price and R. McGwier, "PACSAT Software," Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA
Sixth Space Symposium, Atlanta, GA, pp. 145-149, Nov 1988, ARRL.
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T. Clark, C. Duncan, J. King, B. McGwier, "The First Flock of Microsats,"
The
AMSAT Journal, May 1989, pp 3-10.
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D. Loughmiller and B. McGwier, "Microsat: The Next Generation of OSCAR
Satellites," Part 1, QST, May 1989, pp 37-40; Part 2, QST,
Jun 1989, pp 53-54.
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S. Sjol, "Webersat," The AMSAT Journal, Nov 1989, p 30.
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Doug Loughmiller, "Successful OSCAR Launch Ushers in the 90's," QST,
Apr 1990, p. 52.
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Six for the Price of One - Part I," The AMSAT Journal, Vol. 13,
No.
1, Mar 1990, p. 1; Part II: The AMSAT Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, May
1990, p. 1.
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John A. Magliacane, "Spotlight On: The Microsats,"
The
AMSAT Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, Sep/Oct 1992
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Martin Davidoff, The
Satellite Experimenter's Handbook, 2nd edition, The American Radio
Relay League, Newington, CT., 1990.
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Mike Crisler, PACSAT
Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.
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Last update February 2, 2002 - N7HPR