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HAMSAT
28650. HAMSAT was launched on May 5, 2005 aboard a PSLV from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-017BNORAD 28650India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- VUSat-OSCAR-52
- Common name
- HAMSAT
- Payload designation
- HAMSAT
- Other names
- VO-52,VUSat
- International designator
- 2005-017B
- NORAD catalog number
- 28650
- GCAT identifier
- S28650
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/474
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- VUSAT
- Owner
- AMSAT-VU
- Country
- India
- Builder
- AMSAT India (AMSAT-VU)
- Platform (bus)
- AMSAT
Launch
- Date
- May 5, 2005 · 04:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-017Success
- Rocket
- PSLV
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad SLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 608 km
- Apogee
- 645 km
- Inclination
- 97.91°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 2017
- End of operations
- 2018
Size
- Mass
- 43 kg
- Dry mass
- 43 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2724062 (CC0).