Suggested Edit for Satellite
Suggested by pierros on: 2021-10-14 08:49
Citation: https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/
Verdict: Approved
Reviewed by - on: 2021-10-14 08:49
| Name | OSCAR 7 |
| NORAD ID | 7530 |
| Followed NORAD ID | - |
| Alternative Names | AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7 |
| Description | AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. AMSAT-OSCAR 7 contains two basic experimental repeater packages, redundant command systems, two experimental telemetry systems, and a store-and-forward message storage unit. The spacecraft is solar powered, weighs 65 pounds, and had a three-year anticipated lifetime at the time it was launched, but it has far outlived this expectation. It contains beacons on 29.50, 145.975, 435.10 and 2304.1 MHz. AO-7 became non-operational in mid 1981 due to battery failure . In 2002 one of the shorted batteries became an open circuit and now the spacecraft is able to run off solar panels. |
| Owner/Operator | - |
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| Website | https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/ |
| Dashboard URL | - |
| Launch Date | Nov. 15, 1974, midnight |
| Deploy Date | - |
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