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UoSAT-4

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UoSAT-4
Mission type OSCAR
Operator University of Surrey
COSPAR ID 1990-005C [1]
SATCAT no. 20438
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer SSTL
Start of mission
Launch date 22 January 1990, 01:35:27  ( 1990-01-22UTC01:35:27Z )  UTC
Rocket Ariane 40 [2]
Launch site Kourou ELA-2
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Sun-synchronous
Perigee altitude 780 km (480 mi)
Apogee altitude 796 km (495 mi)
Inclination 98.8074 degrees
Period 100.6 minutes
Epoch 15 April 2019, 20:59 [3]
←  OSCAR 14
OSCAR 16  →
 

UoSAT-4 , also known as UO-15 and OSCAR-15 , is a British satellite in Low Earth Orbit . It was built by a spin-off company of the University of Surrey , Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and launched in January 1990 from French Guiana . [1]

UoSAT-4 was launched on the same rocket as its sister satellite, UoSAT-3 . [2]

Mission [ edit ]

UoSAT-4 carried equipment to supplement UoSAT-3, but failed after two days in orbit. [2]

The satellite forms part of the growing amounts of orbital debris orbiting around the Earth. The payload will decay in the Earth's atmosphere some time in the future.

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Sat Cat" . Celestrak . Retrieved 27 June 2012 .
  2. ^ a b c "UoSat 3, 4, 5 (UO 14, 15, 22 / Oscar 14, 15, 22) / Healthsat 1" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 27 June 2012 .
  3. ^ "Oscar 15 - Orbit" . Heavens-Above . 15 April 2019 . Retrieved 16 April 2019 .