French agency overseeing development of spacecraft. Aero Club de France, Paris, France.
Club of aviation enthusiasts founded in 1898 which has sponsored some student-built space payloads.
Location: Paris.
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PS Model Russian amateur radio communications satellite. 2 launches, 1997.10.05 (Sputnik-40) to 1998.10.25 (Spoutnik-41). Two subscale models of Sputnik 1, were built by students for hand-launch from Mir on fortieth anniversary of Sputnik 1. More...
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Oscar Amateur radio satellite network. For over a third of a century a series of OSCAR satellites have been launched in a variety of configurations and by many nations. More...
ACF Chronology
1989 May 31 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse CE.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant 5C.
- Site CE test - .
Nation: France. Agency: ACF. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).
1990 July 12 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse CE.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant 5C.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: ACF. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).
1990 October 15 - .
Launch Site:
Biscarosse.
Launch Complex:
Biscarosse CE.
LV Family:
Black Brant.
Launch Vehicle:
Black Brant 5C.
- Test mission - .
Nation: France. Agency: ACF. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).
1998 October 25 - .
04:14 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC1.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz 11A511U.
LV Configuration: Soyuz 11A511U 660.
- Spoutnik-41 - .
Nation: France. Agency: ACF; VVS. Manufacturer: AFR. Program: Oscar. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: PS Model. Decay Date: 1999-01-11 . USAF Sat Cat: 25533 . COSPAR: 1998-062C. Apogee: 318 km (197 mi). Perigee: 313 km (194 mi). Inclination: 51.7000 deg. On a space walk from Mir on November 10, Padalka and Avdeyev hand-launched the Spoutnik-41 amateur-radio mini-satellite at around 19:30 GMT. Spoutnik-41, also designated RS-18, was another scale model of the first satellite, Sputnik 1, launched 41 years ago. It carried a small transmitter and was sponsored by Aero Club de France, AMSAT-France, and the Astronautical Federation of Russia.
A similar model was launched in 1997 for the fortieth anniversary of Sputnik. On that occasion, two flight models were carried to Mir but only one was launched. The second Spoutnik-40 flight model was still aboard Mir as of 1998. The second Spoutnik-40 would perhaps be deployed prior to the abandonment of Mir in 1999.
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