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OSCAR 13
Amateur radio satellite. OSCAR 13 was launched on June 15, 1988 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 6, 1996).
COSPAR 1988-051BNORAD 19216Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSAT-OSCAR-13
- Common name
- OSCAR 13
- Payload designation
- AMSAT Phase III-C
- Other names
- AO-13
- International designator
- 1988-051B
- NORAD catalog number
- 19216
- GCAT identifier
- S19216
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 15, 1988 · 11:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-051Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GTO
- Perigee
- 2,496 km
- Apogee
- 36,314 km
- Inclination
- 57.58°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 6, 1996
- Last known active
- Nov 24, 1996
- End of operations
- Nov 24, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 142 kg
- Dry mass
- 92 kg
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1334166 (CC0).