 Satellite Summary
Name: Italy-OSCAR-26 aka ITAMSAT
NASA Catalog Number: 22826
Callsign: ITMSAT
Launched: September 26, 1993
Orbit: Polar LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Period: 100 Minutes
Digital Transponder - Mode JD
- Uplinks: 1200 bps Manchester
- 145.875 MHz
- 145.900 MHz
- 145.925 MHz
- 145.950 MHz
- Downlinks: 1200 bps BPSK
- 437.822 MHz (Secondary - Presently in use)
- 435.867 MHz (Primary - Degraded from failure to balanced modulator)
Features:
- 1200 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
- Very Similar in construction and operation as
AO-16 and
LO-19
Description
ITAMSAT was one of three amateur satellites that was launched
together on a Arianne V59 rocket from French Guiana at approximately
0147 UTC, 26 September 1993. It was later designated Italy-OSCAR-26
once in orbit. The other two amateur spacecraft were
KITSAT-OSCAR-25 (KO-25)
and AMRAD-OSCAR-27 (AO-27) (aka Eyesat-A).
IO-26 was built by AMSAT-ITALY. Its mission is to store and forward
amateur radio messages like
AO-16,
LO-19,
UO-22,
KO-23 and
KO-25. IO-26's operation is identical to
AO-16 and LO-19.
The ITAMSAT Command Team can be contacted via internet:
Alberto Zagni, I2KBD, i2kbd@amsat.org or
Luca Bertagnolio, IK2OVV, ik2ovv@amsat.org
or on Compuserve HAMNET.
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