KITSAT-OSCAR-23

Satellite Summary

Name: KITSAT-OSCAR-23 aka KITSAT-A
NASA Catalog Number: 22077
Callsign: HL01
Launched: August 10, 1992
Orbit: LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
Period: 112 Minutes

Digital Transponders Mode JD 9600 baud FSK (FM)

Uplinks:

145.850 MHz (Primary)
145.900 MHz (Secondary)

Downlink: 9600 bps FSK, AX.25, FM Voice, DSPE Output

435.175 MHz

Features:

9600 bps AX.25 protocol store-and-forward PACSAT Protocol Suite communications system.
Enhanced version of UO-22
High Resolution Earth Imaging System (EIS) Camera
Digital Signal Processing Experiment (DSPE)
Cosmic Ray Experiment (CRE)

Description

Built by engineers of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) at the University of Surrey's Spacecraft Engineering Research Group - UoSAT in the United Kingdom.

KO-23 is presently operating as a packet store-and-forward satellite, very similar to UO-22 and KO-25. Ground station requirements are the same for all three spacecraft.

For more information contact:

Hyung Shin Kim hskim@satrec.kaist.ac.kr
Research Engineer, Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC)
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Voice: +82-42-869-8614 (SaTReC)
       +82-42-869-3566 (CA LAB)
FAX:   +82 42 861 0064