MASAT-1

MASAT-1 is no longer on orbit
MASAT-1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 38081

Int'l Code: 2012-006E

Launch date: February 13, 2012
Source: Hungary (HUN)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)
Decay date: 2015-01-09

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.345
Beacon (MHz): 437.345
Mode: 625/1250bps 2GFSK CW
Call sign: HA5MASAT
Status: Reentered

MASAt-1 (from the words Magyar and Satellite, the first meaning Hungarian in Hungarian) is the first indigenous Hungarian satellite, developed and built by students at the Technical University of Budapest. The satellite provides telemetric data as well as VGA resolution color images at the 70 cm amateur radio wavelength (437.345 MHz frequency) received at the tracking center at Budapest. The center was tested on 31 March, 2009 with the help of Charles Simonyi on board the International Space Station.