Sedsat Credit - NASA

The SEDSAT micro-satellite was built by the Huntsville, Alabama chapter of SEDS (the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). SEDSAT had two amateur radio transponders and an earth imaging camera.

Typical orbit: 546 x 1078 km, 31.3 deg inclinaton.

• 1998 October 24 - SEDSAT 1 - Program: STS. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Perigee: 546 km (339 mi). Apogee: 1,078 km (669 mi). Inclination: 31.40 deg.
  Following separation of the third stage and the primary Deep Space 1 payload, the Delta second stage manoeuvred from its 185 km parking orbit to a 174 km x 2744 km x 28.5 degree orbit. It then released the SEDSAT micro-satellite, built by the Huntsville, Alabama chapter of SEDS (the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). SEDSAT has two amateur radio transponders and an earth imaging camera.