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 Kosmos2187-2194
, 1992-030A-H - A group of 8, 61kg microsatellites forming part of a CIS military communications
constellation. It was launched from a Cosmos launcher from Plesetsk on the 3rd June 1992
and the satellites were placed in orbits near 1400km at 74 degrees in order to drift
apart.
 KitSat-1
(OSCAR-23, KO-23, URIBYUL-1), 1992-052B - Based on UoSAT-5, and built by students of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST) under a technology transfer program at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
- UoSAT at the University of Surrey UK. It was launched on the ARIANE ASAP V52 alongside the micro-satellite S80/T and the main
payload TOPEX-POSEIDON, on the 10th August 1992 (23:08:07 GMT) into a 1328x1316km, 66
degree inclined orbit. It carries a radio amateur digital Store and Forward transponder, a
wide and narrow angle camera, a Digital Signal Processor Experiment and a Cosmic Ray
Experiment. KitSAT-1 is operated from The Satellite Technology Research Centre SATREC in
South Korea. The 48.6kg microsatellite is box shaped with dimensions 350x350x650mm, with
four solar panels on the larger facets, and a 6m gravity gradient boom. It was reported in
March 1999 that problems were increasingly encountered during the orbital hot seasons, and
that one of the battery cells shows problems. More...
[SATREC] [SSTL]
[AMSAT]
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 S80/T,
1992-052C.
- Based on the UoSAT bus, procured by Matra Marconi Space from SSTL. The mission was
sponsored by CNES, and was launched on the ARIANE ASAP V52
alongside the micro-satellite KITSAT-1 and the main payload TOPEX-POSEIDON, on the 10th
August 1992 (23:08:07 GMT) into a 1338x1315km, 66.1 degree inclined orbit. It carries an
experimental VHF transponder manufactured by Dassault and weighing 7kg, for characterising
the radio environment in the 148 to 149.9MHz band in preparation for the proposed S80
constellation mobile communications and positioning system. The 50.0kg microsatellite is
box shaped with dimensions 350x350x650mm, with four solar panels on the larger facets
delivering 25W orbit average, and a 6m gravity gradient boom. In its 6th year in orbit,
radiation damage to the spacecraft is becoming apparent in the main computer, and is
expected to fail soon. S80/T has completed its mission, and is being used for continued
experimentation by SSTL. The spacecraft finally suffered electrical failure due to total
dose effects in October 1999. More...
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- PION-5, 6,
1992-056C,D.
- Two passive sub-satellites designed to aid in the re-entry predictions for the primary
spacecraft Resurs F16. The 50kg spacecraft were launched on the 19th August 1992 and
placed into a 225x247km orbit inclined at 82.5 degrees. They decayed on the 25th and 24th
September 1992 respectively.
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