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Australian scientific research satellite
FedSat
(Australia's 'Federation Satellite'; sometimes
FedSat 1
; COSPAR 2002-056B, SATCAT 27598) was an Australian scientific research satellite launched from
Tanegashima Space Center
, Japan by a NASDA
H-IIA
launch vehicle
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[2]
[3]
on 14 December 2002 (NASDA is now merged with
JAXA
). The satellite was developed by the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems,
[4]
[5]
a cooperative made up of several universities, commercial organisations and government bodies. The ground station was at the Institute for Telecommunications Research, part of the
University of South Australia
, near
Adelaide
. Since 2005 it was operated by the
Australian Department of Defence
.
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Payloads
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The satellite had six payloads, as given below:
- Communications Payload: A collection of three components (
UHF
transponder,
Ka-band
transponder and base-band processor) used to perform several experiments in satellite communications.
- High Performance Computing Experiment: A reconfigurable computer based on a
Xilinx
XQR4062
[8]
FPGA
, the first of its kind to be used in space.
- GPS Payload: A
Global Positioning System
receiver built by
NASA
. Conceived especially for ionospheric studies between GPS constellation levels and FedSat orbit.
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- NewMag Payload: A
magnetometer
built by the
University of Newcastle, Australia
, used to take measurements of the
Earth
's magnetic field near its poles.
- Star Camera: An experimental star camera built by the
University of Stellenbosch
, used to determine the position of the satellite in space by analysing images of surrounding stars.
- Compact Disk: A nickel "master" disk "cultural time capsule" with tracks including Paul Kelly's performance of the song he co-wrote with Kev Carmody, "From Little Things, Big Things Grow", and recorded statements from several hundred Australian school children about how they imagined a future Australia and its place in the Asia-Pacific.
The satellite platform, comprising the structural/thermal components, power system, attitude control system, onboard computer and groundlink, was originally developed in the United Kingdom by Space Innovations Limited. It was later completed along with integration of payloads in
Canberra
, Australia.
Declared Dead
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The spacecraft's battery failed in May 2007 and the mission has been terminated, after lasting 18 months longer than expected.
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References
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- ^
"NASA - NSSDC - Spacecraft - Details"
. Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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"FedSat - Summary"
. Spaceandtech.com. 14 December 2002. Archived from
the original
on 3 May 2014
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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"FedSat 1"
. Space.skyrocket.de. 14 December 2002
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
- ^
Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
, Vol. 13, No. 1-4,
Page 271
, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics - Part 1, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ISEM-Tokyo, Takagi T.,
ISBN
1-58603-330-1
,
ISBN
978-1-58603-330-9
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"CRCSS reference site"
. Harveycohen.net
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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Australian Government, Department of Defence (23 December 2005).
"Defence To Manage Fedsat Satellite - 23 December 2005"
. Defence.gov.au
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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Australian Government, Department of Defence.
"Defence Department Media Releases for Fedsat - 19 September 2007"
. Defence.gov.au
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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"Adaptive Data Analysis and Processing Technology (ADAPT) for Spacecraft"
. Retrieved
26 August
2019
.
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"GPS studies of Southern Pacific"
. Harveycohen.net
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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"FedSat Declared Dead - Sydney Morning Herald Article, 28 September 2008"
.
Smh.com.au
. 28 September 2007
. Retrieved
2 May
2014
.
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Stentor
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MFD-A
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MFD-B
- ADEOS II
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Kanta Kun
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FedSat
,
μ-LabSat 1
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RITE 1
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RITE 2
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- NSS-6
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Saudisat 1C
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LatinSat A
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LatinSat B
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Rubin 2
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Kosmos 2395
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Kosmos 2396
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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