Techsat 1

Israel

International Sat. n°:

Israelian spacecraft n°: 3

Also called: Gurwin 1 and Oscar

Launch data:

Designation	95F03
Launch date	28 Mar 1995
Launch site	Plesetsk
Launch vehicle	Start (#2)
Mission	Communications

Specifications:

Prime contractor	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa
Platform
Mass at launch	50 kg
Mass in orbit
Length	0.45 m
Width	0.5 m
Height	0.5 m
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

End of life

Cause	Launcher failure
Decay	28 Mar 1995

The satellite carried a CCD camera, a radiation detector, an ozone monitor as well as satellite technology tests. It carried a multi-user store-and-forward Amateur Radio digital communications transponder. Gurwin could primarily operate at 9600 bits per second FSK although it was also capable of 1200 bps BPSK.

Frequency chart:

145 MHz uplink	1269 MHz uplink	435 MHz downlink
145.850	1269.700	435.225
145.890	1269.800	435.325
145.910	1269.900
145.930	1269.950

Ref: #15 - update: 28.06.12