OSCAR 7
Mission information
Name
OSCAR 7
Alternate Names
AO-7, AMSAT OSCAR 7
Satellite ID
HHSS-6325-1344-4603-7774
NORAD ID
7530
Website
https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/ao-7/
Country of Origin

United States of America

Status
Satellite alive
Operational

Satellite is in orbit and operational

Image
OSCAR 7
Mission timeline
Launch Date
1974-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
Description

AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. AMSAT-OSCAR 7 contains two basic experimental repeater packages, redundant command systems, two experimental telemetry systems, and a store-and-forward message storage unit. The spacecraft is solar powered, weighs 65 pounds, and had a three-year anticipated lifetime at the time it was launched, but it has far outlived this expectation. It contains beacons on 29.50, 145.975, 435.10 and 2304.1 MHz. AO-7 became non-operational in mid 1981 due to battery failure . In 2002 one of the shorted batteries became an open circuit and now the spacecraft is able to run off solar panels.

Mode U TLM Beacon
Type
Transmitter
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
435100000
Downlink Drifted
13790
Mode U/V (B) TLM Beacon
Type
Transmitter
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
145977500
Downlink Drifted
-30827
Mode V/A (A) Lin SSB
Type
Transponder
Service
Amateur
Downlink Mode
USB
Downlink Frequency
29400000
Uplink Mode
USB
Downlink High
29500000
Uplink Frequency
145850000
Uplink High
145950000
Mode V/A (A) Lin CW
Type
Transponder
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
29400000
Uplink Mode
CW
Downlink High
29500000
Uplink Frequency
145850000
Uplink High
145950000
Mode U/V (B) Lin
Type
Transponder
Downlink Mode
USB
Downlink Frequency
145925000
Uplink Mode
LSB
Downlink High
145975000
Uplink Frequency
432125000
Uplink High
432175000
Inverted
Yes
Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon
Type
Transmitter
Service
Amateur
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
29502000
13 cm Beacon (40mW)
Type
Transmitter
Service
Amateur
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
2304100000
Mode U/V Beacon (current)
Type
Transmitter
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
145973500
Baud
20
PE0SAT - CW Beacon
Type
Transmitter
Downlink Mode
CW
Downlink Frequency
145972000
Most Recent Observers
Observer Latest Data
PI9CAM-JO32et 2023-05-23 09:06:12 UTC
PF_DE_Yagi_UHF-JN48iv 2023-05-22 06:24:23 UTC
PF_DE_PL_ UHF_CROSS_DIPOLE-JN48iv 2023-05-21 05:29:50 UTC
Mainz435-JN49cx 2023-05-15 16:53:46 UTC
SA2KNG Experimental-KP03cu 2023-05-06 05:24:27 UTC
Data Frames Decoded - 30 Days
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Orbital Elements
Latest Two-Line Element (TLE)
TLE Source
Space-Track.org
TLE Updated
2023-05-29 19:12:36 UTC
TLE Set
1 07530U 74089B   23149.60517205 -.00000028  00000-0  11035-3 0  9992
2 07530 101.9463 136.1574 0012627 98.7260 15.8517 12.53664446220842
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