UoSat-OSCAR 9

UO-9 (aka AMSAT OSCAR-9, or the University of Surrey's UoSAT-1) was an amateur satellite built at the University of Surrey and launched into low Earth orbit on October 6 1981. It exceeded its planned orbital lifespan by at least three years, being attested in June 1986, before re-entering the atmosphere. Like its successor UoSAT-2cite journal
last = Cook
first = Mike
date =
year = 1986
month = June
title = Way into the world of satellite telemetry: Mike Cook reviews the Astrid telemetry package
journal = The Micro User
volume = 4
issue = 4
page = 100-1
pages = 152
publisher = Database Publications
location = Stockport, UK
issn = 0265-4040] it transmitted telemetry data on a 145.826MHz beacon at 1200 baud using asynchronous AFSK.cite web
url= http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/uo11.html
title= Amateur Satellite Summary - UoSAT-OSCAR-11
date= 2003-05-31
accessdate= 2008-02-24
publisher=AMSAT] The "Astrid" package sold by British firm MM Microware, consisting of a fixed frequency VHF receiver set and software for the BBC Micro, could interpret the telemetry frames from either UoSAT-1 or UoSAT-2.

UoSAT-1's solar arrays were of an experimental design reused for UoSAT-2.

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