| Construction Phase: |
present until Q4 2005 |
| Projected Launch: |
March 2006 |
| Launch Vehicle: |
Ariane 5 |
| Launch Location: |
Kourou, French Guiana |
| Spaceframe Structure: |
AO-10/AO-13 type triangular star |
| Spaceframe Size: |
Approx.130cm diameter, 45cm height (not including antennas and engine) |
| Weight: |
Approx. 150kg |
| Orbit: |
Highly elliptical 36,000km x 2500km,
63° inclination 225° - 315° argument of perigee |
| Uplink Receivers: |
29.500 (A): multimode, low speed RUDAK 436.200 - 436.350 (U): multimode RUDAK
436.050 - 436.150 (U): linear passband
1268.775 - 1268.925 (L1): multimode RUDAK
1268.600 - 1268.750 (L1): linear passband
1260.275 - 1260-425 (L2): multimode RUDAK
1260.100 - 1260.225 (L2): linear passband
5668.600 +/- 25KHz (C): (linear)
|
| Downlink Transmitters: |
145.812 (V): PSK 400 BPS General Beacon
145.957 (V): PSK 400 BPS Engineering Beacon
145.837 (V): multimode, low speed RUDAK
145.845 - 145.945 (V) linear passband
2400.250 (S): PSK 400 BPS General Beacon
2400.500 (S): PSK 400 BPS Engineering Beacon
2400.600 (S) - 2401.000: multimode, high/low speed RUDAK
2400.275 (S) - 2400.425: linear passband
24048.350 (K): beacon
24048.300 +/- 25KHz (K): linear passband
47088.350 (X): beacon
47088.300 +/- 25KHz (X): linear passband |
| P5-A Transponder Experiment: |
2560 MHz (S) uplink and 10450 MHz (X) downlink. Also usable as a linear
transponder with approximately 50 KHz bandwidth. |
| Other Features: |
LELIA
RUDAK
Main Beacon with FEC-coded telemetry
2 or 3 Cameras |
| Project Supervision: |
AMSAT-DL |