AMSAT P3D
NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2000-072B
Amsat P3D (also known as Phase 3-D, and as Amsat Oscar 40) is an international amateur radio spacecraft (of the German organization, AMateur radio SATellites) that was launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou at 01:07 UT. The 400 kg, 250 W spacecraft is the largest amateur-support spacecraft, carrying 5 receivers (in the HF, VHF/UHF, L, S, and C bands) and seven transmitters (in the HF, K, VHF/UHF, S, and X bands). Also carried on-board are some experimental instruments such as two cosmic ray monitors named TDE, and CPE, two wide-angle cameras in the SCOPE unit available for the amateurs to command their images from locations of interest, a passive ionospheric "sounder" to scan the 0.5 to 30.0 MHz band so as to derive the electron densities in the upper part of the ionosphere, and a GPS-receiver to locate the spacecraft position.
AMSAT Oscar 40
AMSATP3D
Phase 3-D
Launch Date: 2000-11-16
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 244 kg
Unknown (International)
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Questions and comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office