Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher
Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher (also known as OPAL-OSCAR 38, SQUIRT 2 and OO-38) is an American technology testing and amateur radio satellite that was developed by students at the Space Systems Development Laboratory at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The aim was to test the feasibility of launching several picosatellites from one parent satellite. The satellite's secondary payloads are an accelerometer testbed and a magnetometer testbed, which will perform component characterization. The main satellite ejected 6 nanosatellites in orbit (MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, STENSAT, MASAT (JAK), Artemis-Thelma and Artemis-Louise). The development started in 1995 and was completed in May 1999.

OPAL was launched on January 27, 2000 together with JAWSAT with a Minotaur I rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Q30
American
LOC
Q455647
amateur radio satellite
Concept
Q41506
Stanford University
ORG
Q47265
Palo Alto, California
LOC
Q1580082
picosatellite
Concept
Q192940
accelerometer
Concept
Q333921
magnetometer
Concept
Q1580082
nanosatellite
Concept
None
MEMS 1A
UNK
None
MEMS 1B
UNK
None
STENSAT
UNK
None
MASAT (JAK)
UNK
None
Artemis-Thelma
UNK
None
Artemis-Louise
UNK
Q10304607
JAWSAT
MISC
Q1727072
Minotaur I
Concept
Q461492
Vandenberg Air Force Base
LOC
Q99
California
LOC
Q17265532
Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher
MISC
1995-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1995
DATE
1999-05-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
May 1999
DATE
2000-01-27T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 27, 2000
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-38
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1
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+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
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UTC date of spacecraft launch
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