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AMSAT-OSCAR 10
Star-shaped German AMSAT micro-satellite. AMSAT-OSCAR 10 was launched on June 16, 1983 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-058BNORAD 14129Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSAT-OSCAR-10
- Common name
- AMSAT-OSCAR 10
- Payload designation
- AMSAT Phase III-B
- Other names
- AO-10,Oscar 10
- International designator
- 1983-058B
- NORAD catalog number
- 14129
- GCAT identifier
- S14129
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/139
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- AMSAT P3
- Owner
- AMSAT-D
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- AMSAT-Germany
- Platform (bus)
- AMSAT Phase 3
Launch
- Date
- June 16, 1983 · 11:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-058Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 3,956 km
- Apogee
- 35,498 km
- Inclination
- 26.16°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
- End of operations
- 2003
Size
- Mass
- 155 kg
- Dry mass
- 90 kg
- Length
- 1.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 1.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2008049 (CC0).