OSCAR 8
OSCAR 8 (also called AO-08, Phase 2D or Amsat P2D) is an American amateur radio satellite. It was developed and built by radio amateurs of the AMSAT and launched on March 5, 1978 as a secondary payload together with the earth observation satellite Landsat 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, United States.

The satellite had two linear transponders, from the 2-meter band (uplink) to the 10-meter band and the 70-centimeter band (downlink).
Q30
American
LOC
Q455647
amateur radio satellite
Concept
Q295309
AMSAT
ORG
Q6485034
Landsat 3
MISC
Q461492
Vandenberg Air Force Base
LOC
Q99
California
LOC
Q849640
transponder
Concept
Q17297112
OSCAR 8
MISC
1978-03-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
March 5, 1978
DATE
+8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
8
NUMBER
-08^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-08
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
+3^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
3
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
+10^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
10
NUMBER
+70^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
70
NUMBER
instance of
UTC date of spacecraft launch
UTC date of spacecraft launch