COMPASS 1

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COMPASS 1 is classified as:

CubeSats
Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 32787

Int'l Code: 2008-021E

Perigee: 585.4 km

Apogee: 604.8 km

Inclination: 97.5 °

Period: 96.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6966 km

RCS: 0.103 m² (medium)

Launch date: April 28, 2008
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.405
Beacon (MHz): 437.275
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW
Call sign: DP0COM
Status: Inactive

This is a CubeSat satellite. Compass-One was designed and built by students at Aachen University of Applied Sciences in Germany. The satellite features a Morse code telemetry beacon at 437.275 MHz. Compass-1 will also provide a packet radio data downlink, which will include image data, at 437.405 MHz.

1 32787U 08021E   18349.93310918 +.00000611 +00000-0 +63496-4 0  9997
2 32787 097.5158 005.0944 0013929 109.3785 250.8942 14.93201932577028

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC