Fedsat

Australia

International Sat. n°:

Australia satellite n°: 11

Launch data:

Designation:	27598 / 02056B
Launch date	14 Dec 2002 - 01:31 UT
Launch site	Tanegashima
Launch vehicle	H-2A 202 (#11)
Mission	Technology
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee	800 km, sunsynchronous, 10:30 pm ascending node
Inclination	98.7°
Period	100.9 min

First domestically-built satellite for Australia.

Specifications

Prime contractor	SSTL (previously was SIL (subsidiary of Spacedev, UK-based))
Platform	MicroSIL bus
Operator
Mass at launch	50 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	58 cm cube
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	3 years

The satellite will be operated and integrated by Cooperative Research Centre on Satellite Systems, a group comprising Australian universities, firms and government entities.

It will carry a GPS receiver; the The NewMag magnetometer (a sensitive device for measuring the strength of the Earth's magnetic field; data to be shared with NASDA), a Ka-band transponder; a UHF communications payload, a baseband processor that provides on-board computer processing of the communications payloads; and a commemorative CD-ROM carrying messages from the Australian and Japanese public.

S-band downlink, 1 Mbps, 2W

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