TMSAT
Program: TMSAT. Objective: Communications. Type: Amateur Radio. Overview: Uosat Microbus-class payload built by Surrey Satellite for the Thai Microsatellite Company of Bangkok. Conducted a dual Earth observation and data communications mission.
Major Events:

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

    Customer: Thailand (Thai Microsatellite Company and MUT). Thailand's first microsatellite built through a technology transfer programme with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Carried store and forward and Earth observation payloads. Still operational as of 2000.

    TMSAT Cameras

    Wide Angle Cameras (WAC): The TMSat WAC used a CCD sensor made...more.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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