Webersat

USA

Also called Microsat 3 or WO-18 or Oscar 18

Launch data:

Designation	20441 / 90005F
Launch date	22 Jan 1990
Launch site	Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicle	Ariane-40 (V35)
Mission	Telecommunications
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	780/797 km
Inclination	98.6°
Period	100.6 min

Designed at Weber State College (Ogden, Utah, USA), based on an Amsat-NA Microsat bus

Uplink	1200 bps Manchester coded (Biphase-L) FSK (FM) AX.25 145.900 MHz
	NTSC modulated ATV (not in use?) 1265.000 MHz

Downlink

1200 bps BPSK (SSB) AX.25, either one of the two frequencies below:
437.075 MHz (LHCP in northern hemisphere), normal unfiltered PSK
437.102 MHz (RHCP in northern hemisphere), Raised Cosine modulation

Ref: #15 - update: 04.11.08