Sapphire

Stanford AudioPhonic PHotographic InfraRed Experiment, also called NAV-OSCAR-45 (NO-45)

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General

Designation	26932 / 01043D
Launch date	30 Sep 2001
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	794 km
Inclination	67°
Period	101 min
Launch vehicle	Athena #7

Primary mission: to space-qualify two sets of "Tunneling Horizon Detector" infrared sensors designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Stanford University. Secondary experiments include a digital camera and voice synthesiser.

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External resources

http://ssdl.stanford.edu/aa/projects/squirt1/index.html

http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~sapphire/sapphire_overview.html
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Stanford University
Platform
Mass at launch	16 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	0.5 m?
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Uplink: 145.945 MHz
Downlink: 437.095 MHz 1200 baud AX-25 AFSK

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