Rubin 2

Also called AATiS-Oscar, AO-49 or Oscar 49

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General

Designation	27605 / 02058A
Launch date	20 Dec 2002
Country of origin	Germany
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	650 km, sun synchronous
Inclination	65°
Period	98 min
Launch vehicle	Dnepr #3

Built and owned by Fuchs Group (owner of OHB System).

Will test new technologies for propulsion and attitude systems. Communicates in IP protocol.

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External resources

sat-index articles

http://www.ohb-system.de/Satellites/Missions/rubin.html

http://amend.gmxhome.de/
http://www.aatis.de/

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization	spin stabilized
DC power	15 W
Design lifetime

Has an Orbcomm transponder: the satellite sends emails via the Orbcomm network!

Carries an amateur radio payload: Safir-M. It was built by the German amateur radio association "AATiS e.V." (German acronym for "Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation in der Schule", which means: 'working group for amateur radio and telecommunications in schools'). It is designed as a "store and broadcast" system for APRS based messages, dedicated for the use of schools in combination with the existing WX-Net and planned buoy experiments in Germany.

Uplink at 435.275 MHz (1200 baud AFSK) and Downlink at 145.825 MHz (9600 baud FSK)

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