SUNSAT

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SUNSAT is classified as:

NORAD ID: 25636

Int'l Code: 1999-008C

Perigee: 645.8 km

Apogee: 854.8 km

Inclination: 96.5 °

Period: 99.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7121 km

RCS: 0.4671 m² (medium)

Launch date: February 23, 1999
Source: South Africa (SAFR)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

Uplink (MHz): 436.291
Downlink (MHz): 145.825
Beacon (MHz): 145.825
Mode: 9600bps FM
Call sign: SUNSAT-3
Status: Inactive

Sunsat was a micro-satellite built by post-graduate engineering students at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Launched by a Delta II launch vehicle, its payload included NASA experiments, amateur radio communications, a high resolution imager, precision attitude control, and school experiments.

1 25636U 99008C   18201.54038954 +.00000018 +00000-0 +12118-4 0  9994
2 25636 096.4569 000.7617 0146754 138.4348 222.8117 14.44659229022027

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC