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U.S. amateur radio satellite
SAPPHIRE
SAPPHIRE satellite
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorUSNA / University of Santa Clara
COSPAR ID2001-043D
SATCAT no.26932
Mission duration2 years and 6 months
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerStanford University
Launch mass16 kg (35 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date30 September 2001, 02:40 UTC
RocketAthena 1 LM-001
Launch siteKodiak LP-1
ContractorLockheed Martin
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
Last contact2005
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Eccentricity0.0
Altitude794 km (493 mi)
Inclination67°
Period101 minutes
Epoch30 Sep 2001
OSCAR← OSCAR 44OSCAR 46 →

SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic PHotographic IR Experiment, also called Navy-OSCAR 45) was a satellite built by the Stanford University students in Palo Alto, California.

Athena 1 rocket launching SAPPHIRE from Kodiak Island, AK.

The satellite was launched on September 30, 2001 together with Starshine 3, PICOSat and PCSat on an Athena 1 rocket at the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, United States.

Its purpose was the training of students, the operation of an infrared sensor, a digital camera, a speech synthesizer and from 2002 the operation of an APRS digipeater. He also served to train midshipmen of the US Naval Academy in the field of satellite control.

The satellite's mission ended in early 2005.

Frequencies

  • Uplink: 145.945 MHz
  • Downlink: 437.1 MHz
  • Mode: 1200 bit/s AFSK
  • Call sign: KE6QMD

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "SAPPHIRE". Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. "SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic Photographic IR Experiment)". eoportal.org. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.
  3. n2yo.com. "SAPPHIRE". Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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