AMSAT-OSCAR 10
COSPAR ID1983-058B Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.14129Edit this on Wikidata
Start of mission
Launch date16 June 1983
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
 

AMSAT OSCAR 10 (or AO-10) was a star-shaped German AMSAT micro-satellite. It was launched on 16 June 1983 from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, with an Ariane 1 rocket. This was changed to a Molniya orbit using an attached booster, to support world-wide amateur satellite communications.[1]

Specifications

References

  1. ^ a b c d e NASA GSFC. "OSCAR 10". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 20 Feb 2020.