SAPPHIRE

SAPPHIRE
	SAPPHIRE satellite
Mission type	Communications
Operator	USNA / University of Santa Clara
COSPAR ID	2001-043D
SATCAT no.	26932
Mission duration	2 years and 6 months
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Stanford University
Launch mass	16 kg (35 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	30 September 2001, 02:40 UTC
Rocket	Athena 1 LM-001
Launch site	Kodiak LP-1
Contractor	Lockheed Martin
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Last contact	2005
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.0
Altitude	794 km (493 mi)
Inclination	67°
Period	101 minutes
Epoch	30 Sep 2001
	OSCAR ← OSCAR 44 OSCAR 46 →

Short description: U.S. amateur radio satellite

SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic PHotographic IR Experiment, also called Navy-OSCAR 45) was a satellite built by the Stanford University students in Palo Alto, California.^[1]

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.^[2] 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^[3]

External links

Stanford’s First Amateur Satellite. PDF

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "SAPPHIRE". https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2001-043D. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
↑ "SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic Photographic IR Experiment)". https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/sapphire-stanford. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.
↑ n2yo.com. "SAPPHIRE". https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=26932. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.

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[nssdc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. "SAPPHIRE". https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2001-043D. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

[2] "SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic Photographic IR Experiment)". https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/sapphire-stanford. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.

[3] 2yo.com. "SAPPHIRE". https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=26932. Retrieved 15 Feb 2020.

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SAPPHIRE

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