- Name
- PEARLAFRICASAT-1
- Alternate Names
- BIRDS-5:
- Satellite ID
- DXUB-5665-3673-3072-0267
- Temporary NORAD ID
- 99285
- Followed NORAD ID
- 54535
- Website
- http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=791
- Country of Origin
-
Uganda
Satellite has re-entered
- Launch Date
- 2022-11-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Decay Date
- 2023-04-25T00:00:00+00:00
PearlAfricaSat-1, is the latest mission from the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project.
The project was first introduced in 2019 and the initial Ugandan government approval came in 2021. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan.
The PearlAfricaSat-1 is a 1U (10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm) Cube satellite that was designed and developed by three Ugandan engineers (Edgar Mujuni, Derick Tebusweke, and Bonny Omara) and handed over to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on May 10 2022.
The PearlAfricaSat-1 was specifically designed to provide research and observation data that will provide solutions in the weather forecast, land, water bodies and mineral mapping, agriculture monitoring, disaster prevention, Infrastructure Planning, and Border Security.
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- AFSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 145825000
- Baud
- 1200
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- CW
- Downlink Frequency
- 437375000
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
- Type
- Transmitter
- Service
- Amateur
- Downlink Mode
- GMSK
- Downlink Frequency
- 437375000
- Baud
- 4800
- IARU Coordination
- IARU Coordinated
- Type
- Transmitter
- Downlink Mode
- FM
- Downlink Frequency
- 437326000
No observations recorded for PEARLAFRICASAT-1