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Navy OSCAR-60
(RAFT)

Spacecraft Summary

OSCAR Designation:  Navy OSCAR-60     Oscar Number:  NO-60    
Common Name:  RAFT     Satellite Type:  Cubesat    
Launch Date:  21 December, 2006     Launch Location:  Cape Canaveral, FL    
Launch Vehicle:  STS-116     Decay Date:  30 May, 2007    
Weight:  0.000 Kg    
Organization: US Naval Academy
Frequency Information
 
Mode V APRS: Non-Operational
Simplex: 145.8250 MHz FM 1200 BPS
Downlink 145.8250 MHz FM 1200 BPS
 
Mode V Digital: Non-Operational
Simplex: 28.1200 MHz PSK 31 BPS
Downlink 145.8250 MHz PSK 31 BPS

Detailed Description

RAFT was deployed 21 Dec 2006 from the payload bay of STS-116 but separated with a high tumble rate of over 39 RPM. It had slowed to 25 RPM a month later. It has a weak signal, but supports an APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz. It also has a packet-to-voice synthesizer, a PSK-31 transponder with 28.120 LSB uplink and a radar fence receiver on 216.98 MHz.

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