UoSat 2

UK

Spacecraft nº:

UK spacecraft nº: 15

Also called UO-11 or Oscar 11

Launch data:

Designation14781 / 84021B
Launch date01 Mar 1984
Launch site Va, SLC-2W
Launch vehicleDelta-3920 #174
MissionCivil: technology Development
LEO Earth orbit (Sun-Synchronous):
Perigee / Apogee 677 x 695 km
Eccentricity 1.28E-03
Inclination 98.2 deg
Period 98.49 min
 Oscar 11

Function: Bulletin store and forward experiment, synthetic voice experiment, space dust and radiation experiments.

Specifications:

Prime contractorSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd (UK)
Platform UoSAT
OperatorSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)
Mass at launch 70 kg
Dimension 0.58 x 0.36 x 0.36 m
Stabilization 3 axis (gravity gradient, magnetorquer)
DC power BOL: 25 W (12 v, 6.4 Ah NiCd battery)
EOL: 10 W
Design lifetime 3 years

Identical to Uosat 1

Frequency chart:

Downlink 1200 bps AFSK/FM (1200 and 2400 Hz tones), synthetic voice and CW.
145.826 MHz, 435.025 MHz, 2401.500 MHz
Beacon 2401.500 MHz

Operational digital store-and-forward communications payload, prototype CCD camera; semi-operational in 2004.

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