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Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher
U.S. amateur radio satellite. Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher was launched on January 27, 2000 aboard a Minotaur I from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-004CNORAD 26063United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- OPAL-OSCAR-38
- Common name
- Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher
- Payload designation
- OPAL
- Other names
- STP P98-1:PN,OO-38
- International designator
- 2000-004C
- NORAD catalog number
- 26063
- GCAT identifier
- S26063
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/379
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- Stanford
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Stanford University
- Platform (bus)
- OPAL
Launch
- Date
- January 27, 2000 · 03:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-004Success
- Rocket
- Minotaur I
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC8
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 750 km
- Apogee
- 805 km
- Inclination
- 100.23°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2022
- End of operations
- August 2002
Size
- Mass
- 13 kg
- Dry mass
- 13 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17265532 (CC0).