AISAT

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AISAT is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40054

Int'l Code: 2014-034B

Perigee: 634.4 km

Apogee: 654.2 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7015 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 30, 2014
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.250
Beacon (MHz): 437.511
Mode: CW
Call sign: DP0AIS
Status: Inactive

AISAT is an German microsatellite, which carries an experimental spacecraft-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) sensor in low-Earth orbit as a means of tracking maritime assets. The satellite is based on DLR's experimental CLAVIS platform. The cube-shaped satellite body carries solar cells for power generation. The launch mass is 14 kg. AISat 1 is carrying an experimental AIS receiver with a 4 m helix antenna that also forms a gravity gradient boom. This high gain antenna enables the satellite to receive Class-A and Class-B AIS signals as well as the AIS-SART (AIS Search and Rescue Transmitter) signals.

1 40054U 14034B   18224.90501381 +.00000264 +00000-0 +44567-4 0  9991
2 40054 098.2063 336.2614 0014088 130.6819 229.5617 14.77524441221980

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech