SAPPHIRE

SAPPHIRE
SAPPHIRE
Typ:Studentensatellit
Land:Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigte Staaten
Betreiber:Stanford University,
United States Naval Academy
COSPAR-ID:2001-043D
Missionsdaten
Masse:20 kg[1]
Start:30. September 2001, 02:40 UTC
Startplatz:Kodiak Launch Complex LP-1
Trägerrakete:Athena-1
Status:außer Betrieb seit Anfang 2005
Bahndaten[2]
Umlaufzeit:100,7 min
Bahnneigung:67,1°
Apogäumshöhe803 km
Perigäumshöhe795 km

SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic PHotographic IR Experiment, auch Navy-OSCAR 45) war ein Studentensatellit der Stanford University.[3]

Der Satellit wurde am 30. September 2001 zusammen mit Starshine 3, PICOSat und PCSat auf einer Athena-1-Rakete im Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska gestartet.

Sein Zweck war die Ausbildung von Studenten, der Betrieb eines Infrarot-Sensors, einer Digitalkamera, eines Sprachsynthesizers und ab 2002 der Betrieb eines APRS-Digipeaters.[1][4] Weiterhin diente er zur Ausbildung von Midshipmen der United States Naval Academy im Bereich der Satellitenkontrolle.[5]

Die Mission des Satelliten endete Anfang 2005.[1]

Weblinks

Commons: SAPPHIRE – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Einzelnachweise

  1. a b c eoPortal Directory: SAPPHIRE (Stanford AudioPhonic Photographic IR Experiment)
  2. Bahndaten nach SAPPHIRE. n2yo, abgerufen am 25. Februar 2014 (englisch).
  3. Sapphire student satellite to launch in August
  4. ASTARS: APRS Satellite Tracking and Reporting System
  5. United States Naval Academy: Sapphire is in Orbit! (Memento vom 6. März 2014 im Internet Archive)

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OSCAR 1 Communications Satellite model - Udvar-Hazy Center.JPG
OSCAR 1 Communications Satellite model - Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, USA.
Athena 1 rocket launching from Kodiak Island.jpg
Athena 1 rocket launching from Kodiak Island in Alaska (Sept. 30, 2001)
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Sapphire satellite at US Naval Academy
Kodiak-Star 2.jpg
KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA - In the Launch Service Structure, Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), the Kodiak Star spacecraft is ready for encapsulation in the fairing seen at right, above. The first launch to take place from KLC, Kodiak Star is scheduled to lift off on a Lockheed Martin Athena I launch vehicle on Sept. 17 during a two-hour window that extends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. p.m. ADT. The payloads aboard include the Starshine 3, sponsored by NASA, and the PICOSat, PCSat and Sapphire, sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program. KLC is the newest commercial launch complex in the United States, ideal for launch payloads requiring low-Earth polar or sun-synchronous orbits
Kodiak-Star 1 (cropped).jpg
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Technicians complete final preparations to the four Athena 1 payloads (Starshine 3, PICOSat, PCSat and Sapphire) at Kodiak Island, Alaska, as preparations to launch Kodiak Star proceed. The first launch to take place from Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Star is scheduled to lift off on a Lockheed Martin Athena I launch vehicle on Sept. 17 during a two-hour window that extends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. ADT. The payloads aboard include the Starshine 3, sponsored by NASA, and the PICOSat, PCSat and Sapphire, sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program