FedSat Mission

Objectives and Applications

Communications, data relay, near Earth environment, upper atmospheric physics, meteorology.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Federation Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CSIRO, CRCSS
Launch Date
14 Dec 2002
Mission Links
EOL Date
14 Dec 2005
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
803 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

Communications payload (Ka and UHF band) - Communications payload (Ka and UHF band)
Fluxgate magnetometer - Fluxgate magnetometer
GPS receiver - GPS receiver

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements Fluxgate magnetometer

OpenSearch Datasets

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