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AO-40
Amateur radio satellite of the OSCAR series. AO-40 was launched on November 16, 2000 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-072BNORAD 26609Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSAT-OSCAR-40
- Common name
- AO-40
- Payload designation
- AMSAT Phase III-D
- Other names
- AO-40
- International designator
- 2000-072B
- NORAD catalog number
- 26609
- GCAT identifier
- S26609
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/456
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- AMSAT P3
- Owner
- AMSAT-D
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- AMSAT-Germany
- Platform (bus)
- AMSAT P3D
Launch
- Date
- November 16, 2000 · 01:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-072Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 613 km
- Apogee
- 39,277 km
- Inclination
- 6.42°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2004
- End of operations
- January 2004
Size
- Mass
- 550 kg
- Dry mass
- 397 kg
- Length
- 0.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2008065 (CC0).