Fuji 1B

Japan

International Sat. n°:

Japanese satellite n°: 57
Also called JAS 1B or FO-20 or Oscar 20

Launch data:

Designation: 20480 / 90013C
Launch date07 Feb 1990 - 01:33 UT
Launch siteTanegashima
Launch vehicle: H1 (#H-21)
MissionTelecommunications
Perigee/Apogee 912 / 1746 km
Inclination 99.06°
Period 112.2 min
Mass at launch 50 kg

Amateur radio satellite. Only operates in analog mode after failures. The beacon has been delimited to sending a permanent carrier.

Packet Radio Mailbox and Digipeater, and a mode J analog transponder.

Mode JD uplink 1200bps Manchester coded (Biphase-L) FSK (FM) AX.25
145.850 145.870 145.890 145.910 MHz

Mode JD downlink 1200bps BPSK (SSB) AX.25
435.910 MHz
Mode JA uplink 145.900 - 146.000 MHz (SSB, CW)
Mode JA downlink 435.900 - 435.800 MHz (SSB, CW, inverting)
Mode JA Beacon 435.795 MHz
Ref: #15(28.02.01), #102 - update: 1.05.05