AMSAT-OSCAR 16
AMSAT-OSCAR 16, also known as AO-16 and PACSAT, is the in-orbit name designation of an amateur radio satellite of the OSCAR series. It was built by AMSAT and was launched on 22 January 1990 from Kourou, French Guiana on an Ariane 4 launch vehicle. It is in sun synchronous low Earth orbit.
Q455647
amateur radio satellite
Concept
Q455647
OSCAR
Concept
Q295309
AMSAT
ORG
Q308987
Kourou
LOC
Q3769
French Guiana
LOC
Q18387
Ariane 4
MISC
Q174241
sun synchronous
Concept
Q663611
low Earth orbit
Concept
Q4652715
AMSAT-OSCAR 16
MISC
1990-01-22T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
22 January 1990
DATE
+16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
16
NUMBER
-16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-16
NUMBER
+4^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
4
NUMBER
instance of
instance of
item operated
space launch vehicle
UTC date of spacecraft launch