 KITSAT-OSCAR
23
 Satellite Summary
Name: KITSAT-OSCAR 23 aka KITSAT-A
NASA Catalog Number: 22077
Callsigns: Broadcast: HL01-11 BBS: HL01-12
Launched: August 10, 1992
Launch vehicle: Ariane
Launch location: Kourou, French Guiana
Weight: 48.6 kg
Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Inclination: 66 degrees
Size: 350 x 350 x 650 mm
Period: 112 Minutes
Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)
- Uplinks:
- 145.850 MHz (Primary)
- 145.900 MHz (Secondary)
- Downlink: 9600 bps FSK, AX.25, FM Voice, DSPE Output
Features:
- 9600 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
- Enhanced version of UO-22.
- High Resolution Earth Imaging System (EIS) Camera
- Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)
- Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE)
Status: Non-Operational
Description
Built by students of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) under a technology transfer program at the University of Surrey's Spacecraft Engineering Research Group - UoSAT in the United Kingdom. KO-23 is operated from The Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC) in South Korea.
For further information also see UoSAT & SSTL Satellite Mission Summary and KITSAT-1 Microsatellite Mission.
KO-23 is presently operating as a packet store-and-forward satellite, very similar to UO-22 and KO-25. Ground station requirements are the same for all three spacecraft.
We have just a few of KO-23's images available.
For more information contact:
Hyung Shin Kim hskim@satrec.kaist.ac.kr
Research Engineer, Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC)
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Voice: +82-42-869-8614 (SaTReC)
+82-42-869-3566 (CA LAB)
FAX: +82 42 861 0064
References
- Steve Ford, "KITSAT-OSCAR 23 Reaches Orbit", QST, Oct 1992, p.93.
- Daniel, Walter, KE3HP, "Computer Processing of UO-22 and KO-23 Images," The AMSAT Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1993, pp. 8-10.
- John A. Magliacane, "Spotlight on: KITSAT-OSCAR-23," The AMSAT Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, Mar/Apr 1993, p. 17.
- Mike Crisler, PACSAT Beginner's Guide, AMSAT.
Last update February 1, 2002 - N7HPR
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