 Weber-OSCAR 39
(JAWSAT )
Spacecraft Summary
| OSCAR Designation: |
Weber-OSCAR 39 |
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Oscar Number: |
WO-39 |
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| International Designator: |
2000-004A |
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Norad Number: |
26061 |
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| Common Name: |
JAWSAT |
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Satellite Type: |
Microsatellite |
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| Launch Date: |
27 January, 2000 |
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Launch Location: |
AFWTR |
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| Launch Vehicle: |
Minotaur-1 |
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Apogee: |
788.00 |
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| Perigee: |
738.00 |
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Inclination: |
100.19 |
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| Period: |
100.10 |
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Weight: |
0.000 Kg |
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| Organization: | Weber State University |
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Frequency Information
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| Mode V/U (J) Packet: Non-Operational |
| Uplink: |
145.8600 MHz FSK 9600 BPS |
| Downlink |
437.4000 MHz FSK 9600 BPS |
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| Mode S TLM Beacon: Non-Operational |
| Downlink |
2403.2000 MHz FSK 9600 BPS |
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Detailed Description
JAWSAT stands for Joint Air Force Weber Satellite which was a joint project between the U.S. Air Force and Weber State University.
Launched January 27, 2000 from Vandenburg AFB in California.
JAWSAT served as a bus for several deployable payloads and the Plasma Experiment Satellite Test experiment -- called PEST. The telemetry stream from JAWSAT, including data from the PEST project, was to be transmitted on Amateur Radio frequencies.
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Reference Documents:
- Axelrad, P. and B.C. Chesley, "Performance Testing of a GPS Based Attitude Determination System.," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Monterey, CA, 809-819, August 1993. (Received award for best paper presented at the conference.)
- Chesley, B.C. and P. Axelrad, "An Integrated GPS Attitude Determination System for JAWSAT," ION-GPS 94, Salt Lake City, 1251-1261, September 1994.
- Chesley, B.C. and P. Axelrad, "Mitigating Measurement Errors in a Low Cost Satellite Attitude Determination System," ION National Technical Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 763-774, January 1995.
- Chesley, B.C. "An Integrated GPS Attitude Determination System for Small Satellites," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado, July 1995.
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