OSCAR 7 (AO-7)
NORAD 7530 · 1974-089B
PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN
§ Identity
- Operator
- —
- Country
- US
- Launch date
- 1974-11-15
- Launch site
- AFWTR
- Launch vehicle
- —
- Mass (kg)
- —
- RCS (m²)
- 0.75
Purposes: comms
External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter
§ Orbital elements
Epoch: 2026-09-20T00:21:15.956928Z
- Period
- 114.86 min
- Inclination
- 101.9920°
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011997
- Mean motion
- 12.53699604 rev/d
- Perigee alt
- 1,439.7 km
- Apogee alt
- 1,458.4 km
- Semi-major
- 7,827.2 km
- B*
- 9.8815e-6
- RAAN
- 277.2524°
- Arg perigee
- 311.4967°
- Mean anomaly
- 75.2520°
- Rev number
- 37,240
§ Raw data
OSCAR 7 (AO-7)1 07530U 74089B 26263.01476802 -.00000045 00000+0 98815-5 0 99952 07530 101.9920 277.2524 0011997 311.4967 75.2520 12.53699604372408
JSON: /api/v1/satellites/7530 · /tle
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§ Radio — SatNOGS DB
| Mode | Description | Downlink | Uplink |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW | 13 cm Beacon (40mW) | 2.304 GHz | — |
| CW | Mode U TLM Beacon | 435.100 MHz | — |
| USB | Mode U/V (B) Lin | 145.925 MHz–145.975 MHz | 432.125 MHz–432.175 MHz |
| CW | Mode U/V (B) TLM Beacon | 145.978 MHz | — |
| CW | Mode V/A (A) Lin CW | 29.400 MHz–29.500 MHz | 145.850 MHz–145.950 MHz |
| USB | Mode V/A (A) Lin SSB | 29.400 MHz–29.500 MHz | 145.850 MHz–145.950 MHz |
| CW | Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon | 29.502 MHz | — |
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