D-STAR ONE SPARROW

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D-STAR ONE SPARROW is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 43881

Int'l Code: 2018-111F

Perigee: 540.0 km

Apogee: 551.9 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 95.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6916 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 27, 2018
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME (VOSTO)

Uplink (MHz): 437.325
Downlink (MHz): 435.525/435.700*
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: 4k8*/9k6 GMSK
Call sign: DP1GOS
Status: Active

D-STAR ONE SPARROW is one of the two satellites built by German Orbital Systems and is based on the D-Star One three-unit CubeSat which was demonstrated earlier this year (2018). SPASRROW carries technology demonstration and amateur radio payloads.

1 43881U 18111F   24110.21135143  .00019356  00000-0  12202-2 0  9997
2 43881  97.6327  18.0493 0008572 234.8035 125.2392 15.09144882288589

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT