Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher
U.S. amateur radio satellite
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.[1]
OPAL was launched on January 27, 2000 together with JAWSAT with a Minotaur I rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.[2]
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External links
- Report - Stanford University
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Orbital launches in 20002001 →
- USA-148
- Galaxy 10R
- Feng Huo 1
- JAWSAT, FalconSAT-1, ASUSat-1, OCSE, OPAL (STENSAT, MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, MASAT, Thelma, Louise)
- Progress M1-1
- Kosmos 2369
- Hispasat 1C
- Globalstar 60, Globalstar 62, Globlastar 63, Globalstar 64
- Gruzovoy Maket, IRDT-1
- ASTRO-E
- STS-99
- Garuda 1
- Superbird-B2
- Ekspress A2
- MTI
- ICO F1
- Dumsat
- INSAT-3B, AsiaStar
- IMAGE
- GOES 11
- Kosmos 2370
- USA-149
- USA-150
- SimSat 1, SimSat 2
- STS-101
- Eutelsat W4
- Gorizont No.45L
- TSX-5
- Ekspress A3
- Fengyun 2B, Nadezhda 6, Tsinghua 1, SNAP-1
- TDRS-8
- Sirius FM-1
- Kosmos 2371
- Zvezda
- EchoStar VI
- CHAMP, MITA, Rubin-1
- USA-151
- Samba, Salsa
- Sindri (MEMS 2A, MEMS 2B)
- PAS-9
- Progress M1-3
- Rumba, Tango
- Brazilsat B4, Nilesat 102
- USA-152
- DM-F3
- Globus No.16L
- Zi Yuan 2
- Sirius FM-2
- Eutelsat W1
- STS-106
- Astra 2B
- GE-7
- NOAA-16
- Kosmos 2372
- Megsat 1, Unisat 1, Saudisat 1A, Saudisat 1B, TiungSAT-1
- Kosmos 2373
- GE-1A
- N-SAT-110
- HETE-2
- STS-92 (ITS Z1, PMA-3)
- Kosmos 2374, Kosmos 2375, Kosmos 2376
- Progress M-43
- USA-153
- Thuraya 1
- GE-6
- Europe*Star 1
- Beidou 1A
- Soyuz TM-31
- USA-154
- PAS-1R, AMSAT-P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D
- Progress M1-4
- QuickBird-1
- EO-1, SAC-C, Munin
- Anik F1
- Sirius FM-3
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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