Fasat
Program: Fasat. Objective: Communications. Type: Amateur Radio. Overview: Test satellite built by Surrey Satellite for the Chilean Air Force.
Major Events:

  • 1995 August 31 - Fasat-Alfa.  Spacecraft: MicroSat-70. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Chile's first satellite built through a technology transfer programme with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Carried store and forward and Earth observation payloads. Decommissioned as of 2000.

  • 1998 July 10 - Fasat-Bravo.  Spacecraft: MicroSat-70. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.

    Customer: Chilean Air Force (FACH). Chile's second satellite carrying store and forward and Earth observation payloads, replacing those lost on FASat-Alpha. Still operational as of 2000.

    FASat-Bravo Cameras

    Wide Angle Camera (WAC) & Narrow Angle Camera (NAC): The...more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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