Eyesat-1
| Mission type | Amateur radio satellite |
|---|---|
| Operator | AMRAD |
| COSPAR ID | 1993-061C |
| SATCAT no. | 22825[1] |
| Website | www.ao27.org[dead link] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Interferometrics Inc. |
| Launch mass | 11.8 kg (26 lb) |
| Dimensions | 15 cm × 15 cm × 15 cm (5.9 in × 5.9 in × 5.9 in) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 September 1993, 01:45 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Ariane-40 V59 |
| Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | 5 December 2012 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Eccentricity | 0.00202[2] |
| Perigee altitude | 794 km (493 mi)[2] |
| Apogee altitude | 823 km (511 mi)[2] |
| Inclination | 98.5°[2] |
| Period | 101 minutes[2] |
| Epoch | 26 September 1993[2] |
Eyesat-1 is an American experimental communications microsatellite with an store-dump payload. The mission of Eyesat-1 was experimental monitoring of mobile industrial equipment. Eyesat-1 has provided the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, with communication services to the South Pole. Eyesat-1 carries an FM repeater for Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation (AMRAD) called AMRAD OSCAR 27 or OSCAR 27.[2]
Eyesat-1 was launched on September 26, 1993 with an Ariane 4 rocket at Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, along with SPOT-3, Stella, Healthsat 2, KitSat 2, Itamsat and PoSAT-1.
After 19 years of operation, the satellite failed on December 5, 2012.[citation needed]
In 2020, the satellite was recovered, and its FM repeater became intermittently operational.[3]
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References
- ^ a b c n2yo.com. "EYESAT 1". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "EYESAT 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "AO-27 Returns from the Dead". AMSAT. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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