AMSAT-OSCAR 10

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AMSAT-OSCAR 10
Start of mission


COSPAR ID	1983-058B
SATCAT no.	14129


Launch date	16 June 1983
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre

AMSAT OSCAR 10 (or AO-10) was a star-shaped German AMSAT micro-satellite. It was launched on 16 June 1983 from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, with an Ariane 1 rocket. This was changed to a Molniya orbit using an attached booster, to support world-wide amateur satellite communications.^[1]

Specifications

COSPAR ID: 1983-058B
SATCAT: 14129
Launch mass: 40 kg (88 lb)^[1]
Perigee: 211 km (131 mi)^[1]
Apogee: 35,503 km (22,061 mi)^[1]
Inclination: 26.6°^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 NASA GSFC. "OSCAR 10". NSSDCA Master Catalog. Retrieved 20 Feb 2020.

v t e OSCAR satellites
Satellites	OSCAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

v t e ← 1982 Orbital launches in 1983 1984 →
January	Kosmos 1437 Unnamed
February	OPS 0252 OPS 0252 SSU-1 OPS 0252 SSU-2 OPS 0252 SSU-3
March	Kosmos 1443 NOAA-8
April	STS-6 (TDRS-1) OPS 2925 Soyuz T-8
May	Intelsat V F-6
June	OPS 6432 OPS 6432 SSU-1 OPS 6432 SSU-2 OPS 6432 SSU-3 ECS-1 OSCAR-10 STS-7 (Anik C2, Palapa B1, SPAS-01, OSTA-2) OPS 0721 OPS 3899 Soyuz T-9
July	OPS 7304
August	Progress 17
September	STS-8 (INSAT-1B)
October	Intelsat V F-7 Progress 18
November	STS-9
Unknown month	Kosmos 1428 Kosmos 1429 Kosmos 1430 Kosmos 1431 Kosmos 1432 Kosmos 1433 Kosmos 1434 Kosmos 1435 Kosmos 1436 IRAS PIX-2 Kosmos 1438 Sakura 2a Kosmos 1439 LIPS-2 Kosmos 1440 Kosmos 1441 Tenma Kosmos 1442 Kosmos 1444 Molniya-3 No.34 Ekran No.18L Kosmos 1445 Kosmos 1446 Molniya-1-56 Astron Kosmos 1447 Kosmos 1448 Kosmos 1449 Molniya-1 No.68 Kosmos 1450 Gran' No.23L Kosmos 1451 Satcom 1R Kosmos 1452 Rohini RS-D2 Kosmos 1453 Kosmos 1454 Kosmos 1455 Kosmos 1456 Kosmos 1457 Kosmos 1458 GOES 6 Kosmos 1459 Kosmos 1460 Kosmos 1461 Kosmos 1462 Kosmos 1463 Kosmos 1464 Kosmos 1465 Kosmos 1466 EXOSAT Kosmos 1467 Venera 15 Venera 16 Kosmos 1468 Kosmos 1469 Kosmos 1470 HILAT Kosmos 1471 Galaxy 1 Gorizont No.17L Prognoz 9 Kosmos 1472 Kosmos 1473 Kosmos 1474 Kosmos 1475 Kosmos 1476 Kosmos 1477 Kosmos 1478 Kosmos 1479 Kosmos 1480 Kosmos 1481 Kosmos 1482 OPS 7994 Molniya-1 No.66 Kosmos 1483 Kosmos 1484 Kosmos 1485 Telstar 301 Kosmos 1486 Kosmos 1487 Sakura 2b Kosmos 1488 Kosmos 1489 Kosmos 1490 Kosmos 1491 Kosmos 1492 Fanhui Shi Weixing 6 Kosmos 1493 Gran' No.24L Molniya-3 No.32 Kosmos 1494 Kosmos 1495 Kosmos 1496 Satcom 2R Kosmos 1497 Kosmos 1498 Kosmos 1499 Galaxy-2 Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L Kosmos 1500 Ekran No.25L Kosmos 1501 Kosmos 1502 Kosmos 1503 Kosmos 1504 Kosmos 1505 Kosmos 1506 Meteor-2 No.10 Kosmos 1507 Kosmos 1508 Kosmos 1509 OPS 1294 Molniya-1 No.48 Kosmos 1510 Kosmos 1511 Gorizont No.18L Kosmos 1512 Kosmos 1513 Kosmos 1514 Kosmos 1515 Molniya-3 No.35 Kosmos 1516 Kosmos 1517 Kosmos 1518 Kosmos 1519 Kosmos 1520 Kosmos 1521
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