OSCAR 10

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OSCAR 10 is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 14129

Int'l Code: 1983-058B

Perigee: 3,978.5 km

Apogee: 35,483.8 km

Inclination: 27.5 °

Period: 699.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 26102 km

RCS: 1.0612 m² (large)

Launch date: June 16, 1983
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

Uplink (MHz): 435.030-146.180
Downlink (MHz): 145.975-145.825
Beacon (MHz): 145.810
Mode: SSB CW
Call sign:
Status: Inactive

AO-10 (AMSAT OSCAR 10) was a star-shaped German AMSAT micro-satellite, launched alongside the European Test Satellite (ECS-1 on an Ariane 1-06 launcher into a GTO orbit). This was changed to a Molniya orbit using an attached booster, to support world-wide amateur satellite communications.

1 14129U 83058B   24121.78802753 -.00000032  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 14129  27.4558 346.5914 6034993 264.7978  27.9771  2.05867724279483

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC