table4.135

SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

Table 4-135. Oscar 8 Characteristics

Also called:

AMSAT

Date of launch (location):

Mar. 5, 1978 (WTR)

Launched with:

Landsat 3

Launch vehicle:

Delta

Weight (kg):

27

Shape:

Rectangular

Dimensions (m):

0.42 diameter

0.43 height

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:

Expand educational programs that bring communications satellites into U.S. and Canadian classrooms; provide communications for a wide range of ham radio experiments.

Results:

Successful.

Reference: NASA, "Landsat 3 Mission Operations Report," E-641-78-03, Feb. 22, 1978.

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Also called:	AMSAT
Date of launch (location):	Mar. 5, 1978 (WTR)
Launched with:	Landsat 3
Launch vehicle:	Delta
Weight (kg):	27
Shape:	Rectangular
Dimensions (m):	0.42 diameter
Dimensions (m):	0.43 height
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:	Expand educational programs that bring communications satellites into U.S. and Canadian classrooms; provide communications for a wide range of ham radio experiments.
Results:	Successful.