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OSCAR 18
Amateur radio satellite. OSCAR 18 was launched on January 22, 1990 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1990-005FNORAD 20441United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- WEBERSAT-OSCAR-18
- Common name
- OSCAR 18
- Payload designation
- Webersat
- Other names
- WO-18
- International designator
- 1990-005F
- NORAD catalog number
- 20441
- GCAT identifier
- S20441
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/250
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- AMSAT Micro
- Owner
- Weber CAST
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Weber State Univ., Utah
- 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
- 788 km
- Apogee
- 805 km
- Inclination
- 98.71°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 1998
- End of operations
- 1998
Size
- Mass
- 12 kg
- Dry mass
- 12 kg
- Length
- 0.3 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 Q17124960 (CC0).