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AMSAT-OSCAR 16
Amateur radio satellite OSCAR 16. AMSAT-OSCAR 16 was launched on January 22, 1990 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1990-005DNORAD 20439United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSAT-OSCAR-16
- Common name
- AMSAT-OSCAR 16
- Payload designation
- Pacsat
- Other names
- AO-16
- International designator
- 1990-005D
- NORAD catalog number
- 20439
- GCAT identifier
- S20439
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/250
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- AMSAT Micro
- Owner
- AMSAT-NA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- AMSAT North America (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp)
- Platform (bus)
- Microsat
Launch
- Date
- January 22, 1990 · 01:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-005Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 40
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 787 km
- Apogee
- 804 km
- Inclination
- 98.72°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4652715 (CC0).