21575 - UOSAT 5

UOSAT 5 was launched from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana on the same Ariane rocket with ORBCOMM-X, TUBSAT and SARA. Built by the University of Surrey, UOSAT 5 was a 50-kg commsat that stored and forwarded electronic mail messages. The rectangular craft measured 0.35 by 0.35 by 0.6 m and was topped with a 6-m antenna. It also hosted radiation effects experiments and a CCD camera for 2-km resolution imaging.

Alternate Names

Oscar 22
UOSAT-F

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1991-07-17
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 40
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 48.4 kg