Also called:
AMSAT
Date of launch (location):
Oct. 15, 1972 (WTR)
Launched with:
NOAA 2
Launch vehicle:
Delta 0300
Weight (kg):
18.5
Shape:
Rectangular
Power source:
Solar cells and batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (launched on a
noninterference basis piggyback with other payloads; no NASA
objectives)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and Radio Amateur Satellite
Corp.
Spacecraft provider:
Radio Amateur Satellite Corp
Objectives:
Conduct a one-year experimental
program of multiple access communications with a large
number of low-powered ham radio equipment.
Results:
Successful; first of a new generation
of Oscar satellites.
Reference: NASA, "Improved TIROS Operational Satellite (ITOS-D) Mission Operations Report," E-601-72-13, Oct. 3, 1972.